god. two people have reportedly been killed in venezuela in a standoff at a checkpoint near the border with brazil amid growing tensions over international aid deliveries. concerns mount in the u.k. that it won't be able to honor its arms contracts with saudi arabia as germany refuses to lift a ban on supplying certain component parts to the gulf kingdom. the us actor is accused of faking a hate crime against himself smilax claim that he was assaulted by donald trump supporters are led to an outpouring of sympathy support and anger at the president for supposedly raising tensions.

very good evening you are in just the right place this is r.t. and. at least two people have reportedly been killed and more than a dozen others injured in clashes between the venezuelan military and protesters near the country's border with brazil demonstrators have been demanding that the border be opened to allow aid through at the same time extra security forces have been dispatched to the area the military reportedly opened fire on the demonstrators three of those injured are said to be in critical condition the local mayor also confirmed twenty seven military service men were captured by protesters after the clashes broke out but it comes after confusion around the border crossing as president nicolas maduro closed the frontier with brazil over humanitarian aid and then the self-proclaimed president ordered it reopened opposition leader a spoken about today's bloodshed urging the military to choose sides. twelve people

have been injured and one killed as result of this crime our thoughts are with them this will not go unpunished decide on which side you're on to all the military between today and tomorrow you will define the way in which you want to be remembered we already know you're on the side of the people you've made that very clear tomorrow you'll be able to prove that. earlier venezuelan security forces clashed with an opposition convoy heading to the border with colombia only way to collect stockpiled u.s. supplies us back to position the. saturday deadline for the aid to be delivered exactly a month since he proclaimed himself the country's leader resume duros bandi usaid and claims it would be used to smuggle in weapons but he said that all aid from the e.u. is welcome. he said the venezuelan government accepts the humanitarian techniques from the european union the united nations system to venezuela welcome point of the us aid is

a start being given to the government it's given to their hand picked on. so it's totally proper. but in those sorts of propaganda and. just to incite violence so that they have a pretext. to door to support a third party troops it certainly is the result that the united states government but our soil our position while they want violence on the border as a pretext to overthrow the democratically elected government of nicolas maduro the mylan anti madeira concert on the colombia venezuela border the venezuelan live aid has been organized by a british billionaire cohen reports from the thing. you can see this concert taking place behind me it's thrown by the british billionaire richard branson who is using

it to pressure nicolas much duros the venezuelan president to open the border to what the u.s. government says is humanitarian aid that the organizers say that they're expecting three hundred thousand people to feed here but so far i estimate there's about five thousand venezuelan government has thrown its own its own concert on its side in the name of under the banner of hands off venezuela denouncing when it says it is an intervention by the united states and its allies it also offered it also said it would send its own humanitarian aid to colombia to the impoverished residents of kuta but colombian president has rejected this and refused to let that aid in while there is certainly the possibility of things it has to go leading as they have done on the brazilian venezuelan border for now there's no sign of any kind of violence but there are there is the presence of some extremist figures on this side

putting laurent saleh was actually. found guilty of plotting terror attacks inside venezuela and this is the figure was actually taken money from the american government there at the national endowment for democracy so certainly all the ingredients are there for violence the break out but we're certainly hoping that everything has peacefully in. the fall as well and oppositions envoy to washington says is a unique school defined as well and consular offices in the u.s. are no longer functional giving the speech was confronted until war i got yes. i want to say these people are frauds they don't represent them then as well and people they are representing the u.s. orchestrated. crew this is a very dangerous situation they want to create a crisis at the border that would be a justification for u.s.

intervention the one you saw in the video there was medea benjamin from the code pink antiwar movement she says the opposition is knowingly stoking tensions at the border. i think it's a dangerous game that the opposition is playing they really are trying to create a confrontation if it was about humanitarian aid they couldn't use the u.n. agencies and certainly there are lots of other ways to get humanitarian aid into venezuela they are doing this purposely on the borders because they want to see a confrontation they want the. government to respond with violence so they can show the whole world and use that as a pretext to start the next phase of this which would be a military one so i think it really is the opposition that is playing this very dangerous game and using the. problem in their playbook.

while the russian foreign minister has commented only current situation in the country my colleague under former discuss the fallout from the escalation we thought he's done and. the spokeswoman for the russian foreign ministry maria harbor has said that the situation in venezuela is already critical she has pointed out that america is already amassing weapons on the border with the country and also everything is being done to sort of feed the narrative of jency to kind us by kid of. for example president want to be why don't i he is adding fuel to the flame saying that the deadline for humanitarian aid to enter the country is a saturday so this is the deadline that he has said so everything feeding into this narrative and donald trump from washington he's basically trying to talk the country's military into treason by mr suspicious and the u.s. is deliberately making the situation worse by making out there we are beyond the point of no return the us presidents direct appeal to the venezuelan army to ignore

the orders of diligent head of state is the height of cynicism imagine addressing the u.s. army with an appeal for example not to be the commander in chief. and at the same time washington is also encouraging protesters in venezuela the keeping them hopeful according to maria's the heart of the they have information about well the united states could try and arms civilians in venezuela with party weapons have a list speckle grown living in the delivery of the weapons to venezuela is planned for the beginning of march of this year in several stages by the neighboring country using the cargo planes of international companies unfortunately this is not surprising to see ukrainian traces in this story specifically they're going to use the state owned and torn up company and really this scenario of aid him in that area aid convoys turning out to be really just trojan horses filled with munitions

and arms and this scenario is not really ungrounded because the man the united states appointed to be there a special envoy in venezuela now is our brooms and he has experience in doing exactly that thing for example in one thousand nine hundred six in nicaragua he filled aid convoys with weapons and that's how he smuggled arms into another country now marie is a horrible also pointed out well russia views as hypocrisy on behalf of the united states and their foreign policy because for example she pointed out that while the united states are calling for peaceful protests in haiti they are saying that the opposition in haiti shouldn't be going beyond peacefully protesting and calling for a political solution in the country the situation in venezuela somehow proves different. britains main arms manufacturer be a systems as well that it may not be able to fulfill contracts with saudi arabia due to a german ban on selling arms to the gulf kingdom and these contracts are worth

a lot of money but it's the second biggest arms seller to the saudis after the u.s. over four billion dollars of the weapons have been sold by the u.k. to riyadh since march twenty fifteen r.t.s. politico has more. the u.k. is not impressed with germany's decision to stop selling weapons to saudi arabia i'm very concerned about the impact of the german government's decision on the british and european defense industry and the consequences for europe's ability to fulfill its need to commitments up until recently last november to be precise germany did sell weapons to saudi arabia but then this happened because shorty has been tortured beaten tortured killed and then dismembered was murdered in the saudi consulate it was looted to his death and this didn't help either.

south africa markel did this firstly were outraged by this case i agree with all those who say that arms experts which are already limited must not take place in a current circumstances on its own germany really provides about two percent of the total arms purchased by saudi arabia that's a drop in the ocean but crucially germany also makes components that are essential to other countries arms exports for example british arms. it has a contract to provide riyadh with forty eight new fighter jets but germany's refusal to make cars that are destined for saudi arabia is affecting be a ability to deliver those planes to riyadh on time the issue of german

licenses is a political issue and as such requires it to be resolved at a political level explain why the u.k. government has been trying to. and to change its mind at fast glance looks like your normal footsie one hundred multinational but you don't become the largest defense contractor in europe without a few friends in high places at one point this is how the former foreign secretary describe their relationship the chairman of be a appear to have the key to the golden door to number ten certainly i never knew number ten to come up with any decision we should be incommoded to be but that was ten years ago although some things never change philip may the husband of u.k. prime minister to resign works for a company that's the largest shareholder in be a systems we try and provide our people our government our allies with the very

best weapons the very best sticks they can have to encourage peace sound familiar that strategic relationship that the u.k. has with saudi arabia is what allows us to have a huge influence in bringing about peace in yemen but so far talk of bombing peace into yemen isn't changing the germans minds the height of the border this week you'll miss the position of the german government is that we're not currently delivering weapons to saudi arabia and future decisions on this will depend on developments in the yemen conflict one illustration of just how close it be eight years to the government in this advertising space that in a way means that you face and reminding them hundreds and i better believe it was the last day from parliament every single day of the fourth of the u.k. defense industry. you already have now says it's investigating the latest reports of civilian casualties during the conflict in yemen and the arms trade act with

someone to think that the u.k. should be coming to the defense of yemen civilians not british arms companies. i think when it comes to jeremy hunt. completely inappropriate. he's meant to be a statesman and he's not meant to be using his position to lobby for british arms trade interests i mean really the belief systems have. power of the old amount of access to government clare short when she was a government minister under blair used to say that she felt that the systems have the key to the garden gate and number town they really haven't heard unique level of your law being an access to ministers and that frankly undermines our democracy in the u.k. what we see time and time again germany hans comments are just the latest example is the british government lobbying for the interests of be a systems not the interests of beer of the british people and not certainly not the interests of people in yemen who are suffering because of weapons being

a systems are making. just a small at charge with staging a hate crime against himself has been cut from the last episodes of the hit t.v. show empire police say he made false allegations of being assaulted by two men one of them shouting this is maggot country the actor has been released on bail authorities in chicago have charged with filing a false police report they claim is motive was to advance his career police say the actor wrote a check for three and a half thousand dollars to two men to stage the attack is also said to have fabricated a hate letter to himself and that's legal teams calling the situation an organized spectacle and he course mckillop morgan has the latest. just the small lead story seems to be falling to pieces had claimed he was the victim of a hate crime two men had grabbed him poured bleach on him put a noose around his neck called him anti gay and anti black slurs and told him this

is maggot country mag being short for make america great again doll slogan two men were later arrested by the police and then released and now small what is the one in handcuffs he was charged with loneliness disorderly conduct for making a false police report why would anyone especially an african-american man use the symbolism of a noose to make false accusations in the immediate aftermath of the incident there was an outpouring of love and sympathy for a small way we have a media that's saying it's a debate whether or not what just happened in just the small it is a hate crime it's absurd. isn't it mike really tired. this is how you have to be fired ailes and possible to not feel this way right now with yeah the president and the vice president mike pence who like wishes i couldn't be merry if let's just be clear heartbroken and furious reading about the attack on just the small it's our wont trump and. sticks to burning homophobia existed

before trump but there's no question that since he's injected his hatred into the american bloodstream we are less decent less human and less loving no intolerance no d.t. saying that even though the incident may have been staged it still started a conversation and that it's important i've been vocal about the situation and my love for just c. and his entire family i will continue to hope for the best for everyone involved and things continue to unfold. what's miller did was wrong but the big problem isn't the point two percent which are hoaxes is the hate crimes which have risen to twenty percent since trump took office trump spoke up on twitter saying that millions of his supporters were needlessly slandered just the small minutes what's about my guy and tens of millions of people you insults it was you were racist and dangerous comments people are drawing parallels with a similar case we had a group of catholic high school boys who were shown in

a video purportedly insulting and disrespecting an elderly native american veteran it is disturbing students mocking a native american man some of them harassing and jeering at a native american disturbing viral video however it was revealed afterward that there was actually quite a bit more to this story than the short snapshot showed and at this point we've got the boy suing the washington post saying that his reputation has been completely destroyed meanwhile the washington post is saying that they are prepared to give a vigorous defense we are reviewing a copy of the lawsuit and we plan to mount a vigorous defense may have introduced the term but it seems that fake news has never been more real caleb oppen r.t. new york legal and media analyst lionel thinks the stories like this are fairly disturbing trend. this is the most amazing case as you can tell by my excitement and effervescence aside from being one of the most hilarious cases of idiocy

and sadness it's a wonderful kind of a story line on the mainstream media how they don't let the facts get in the way of a story our mainstream media will create something whether you have done something or not if you do something in your lie we overlook it if you don't do anything. i am create a situation even though you've done nothing we don't have the facts. we make them up like the mainstream media news do as well it's about a narrative the facts and the truth have nothing to do with it get with it what you want take somebody who is an obvious defend it turn him into a hero make it a statement about homophobia fiction synthetic truth what a country. donald trump has branded bernie sanders crazy after the seventy

seven year old announced his bid for the twenty twenty presidential race trump also worst his supporters to make sure they dig deeper into their wallets than the sunday's fans crazy bernie has just entered the race i wish him well what's crazy is that we have a president who is a racist a sexist xenophobe and a fraud. socialism to crush that number he's scared and he should be had ten dollar donation to our campaign today tom has made a point of taking a swipe at socialism but some of his policies resemble exactly what he's attacking america will never be a socialist country. will

help americans stretch from welfare to gainful employment this is becoming more and more like a soviet side of the condo me here is deciding who is going to be granted waivers the most songs in the administration figuring out how they're going to sprinkle around. this will be a big week for infrastructure after so stupidly spending seven trillion in the middle east it is now time to start investing in our country. protectionist government persian supplanting the voluntary transactions of markets and the allocation of wealth and opportunity is socialism for the well connected. us radio host solomon committee on believes that trumps anti socialist stance amounts to political posturing dollars somebody is a hypocrite i mean he is i mean he is

a devout chapel those of the of the worst kind you see right now he's bringing the war drums to going to predominately socialist country venezuela you know no doubt you sir they are mineral resources primarily the oil reserves they have more people and it's a good thing more people are starting to become more educated for a long time the word socialism that the term was. was to its mouth to see people you know saw socialism or the devil itself you know so he's speaking to constituents if you believe our dumbed down that he's hoping our dumbed down better there's hope we'll continue to be dumbed down he's speaking to them and drawing out these threats phrases. united states has announced plans to maintain a peacekeeping group of two hundred troops on syrian soil beyond the planned withdrawal of pentagon troops from the country this spring the statement came after a recent phone call between trump and this turkish counterpart to one of the this

discussed security in the region there are currently some two thousand american troops in syria in december trump announced the withdrawal of u.s. forces there but the pullout now seems less than certain it should be formally announced sometime 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 have won a good state we've beaten them and we've beat now badly now we've won time to give our brave warriors in syria a warm welcome home you could in that vacuum see a resurgence of isis see a resurgent you know they're running out we'll come back if we have to international first commentator jonathan steele among the antiwar activist and co-founder of b s news online think internal divisions in the u.s. are preventing a for withdrawal. trungpa said that they've defeated by us and they have done

military and they have almost no territory left and what is two hundred forty two hundred person forces can stay is going to do for the next few weeks is not entirely clear sort of deep state the pentagon the state department even parts of the cia would like to continue there and the national security advisor john bolton has said the reason why the troops could remain would be to do with their so-called threat from iran or the changing the goalposts all the time. finding new reasons for remaining i think it's typical trying to be a decided this month played well. at the pentagon didn't agree with him so he sees no need to restate its price by citing this two hundred but calling the peacekeeping troops keeps the. contingent of them in the country obviously maturity viewers know that this is a legal occupation or ability occupation of syria it's there is no un security council resolution committing their presence there and they were not going to

bloody illegitimate syrian government serve one term peace theory exactly but on a slightly less scale fairly his predecessor. the us president has praised five and even nonexistent sixty wireless technology in a tweet and call for it to be developed in america comes after months of white house pressure on chinese communications firm while way over alleged spying capabilities. i want five g. and even six g. technology in the united states as soon as possible it's far more powerful firestone and smarter than the current standard i want the united states to win through competition not by block you know it's currently more advanced technologies a presidential memorandum dating back to october says that it is imperative the u.s. become the global leader in five g. technologies just a couple of months later the us started piling the pressure on more weight saying it posed a threat to national security the chinese tech giant rejects u.s.

claims that its products are used by beijing for spying in december while waste chief financial officer was arrested in canada at washington's behest the white house is also urging international allies to ban while way from their five g. networks. under pressure australia new zealand and japan are already brought in restrictions against the firm but a growing chorus of countries including france and the u.k. are challenging the u.s. on the position always found meanwhile says he's actually grateful to washington for helping to make more people aware of its products the more i would like to thank them because they are great figures five g. was not known by car many people but now these great figures are all talking about five g. and we're becoming more influential in getting more contracts. the u.s. is just panicked about the technological advancements of china i mean what's really been happening over the last ten years is the u.s.

has in fact fallen behind many parts of the rest of the world logically and the attack on our way is just evidence of a kind of a panic there think it's interesting that this comes at the same time as a little bit of reduced pressure on the u.s. troop talks it's very possible we're going to we're going to see an agreement now you see me now you don't i will be back there in half an hour. we will not be judged by what does that mean heritage we will be judged by what we give to our children we must accept responsibility to fix our nations and make sure that we fix them for the sake of the future let's stop looking behind us and believe in the coup no rule is gone he have we must have a new generation of people who will fix our countries for the rest of the future

and that's what it is the wheel off in nigeria. as night follows day all paper money becomes worthless and that's the history of the last three hundred years and gold has survived and now big client is synthetic bald or new gold or gold to point out except that it is has properties that exceed those of gold well see that now starting to gobble up as this enormous black hole in the currency space all free up money will be converted into a big point the dollar the yes the shackle the drachmas. they're all going to go to bangkok. in twenty forty you know bloody revolution two to ukraine the demonstrations going to be relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it you know or here i mean you know liz put video through me in the new bill is

that i knew spilling needed to the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty forty. of those who took. it invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. greetings and salutations you may have seen earlier this week that we here i'm watching the hawks discuss just how truly global the united states war on terror has become afterwards revealed to many that now it's being fought in eighty countries around the world but hark watchers its tentacles are not just confined to faraway countries most u.s. politicians couldn't find the map nunu the pain and terror of the u.s.

war on terror sits here right here at home and one of the many ways it manifests itself on the home front is through the terrorist screening database or as it's colloquially known the terror watch list yes the terror watch list is the fischel highly secretive tool of the u.s. government in its plethora of alphabet security agencies to keep track of and screen for any and all known or potential terrorists within trying to get into the united states and naturally like most things the u.s. war on terror touches it's a magnet for controversy and abuse of individual right.