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that this is not working and we actually do something about. the. venezuelan protesters on the border with colombia set a bus alight as they bid to get us aid in president maduro is blocking borders fearing delivery scott also contains weapons. more than eleven thousand yellow vests protesters are flooded the streets of france yet again they continue to rally against government policies which they claim only favor the rich. and we speak to a german pensioner being evicted from the flat he's lived in for almost a quarter of a century to make room for refugees. but. i cannot believe that i
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seventy four year old pensioner i just move out and suffer all these troubles even the ones paying my rent while asylum seekers getting it for free. let's join is saving it this is r.t. international. venezuelan protesters on the border with colombia of set a municipal bus alight amid growing tensions over usa deliveries. i. think. i. should have fired tear gas at stone throwing opposition protesters who are reportedly trying to get u.s. aid shipments in president nicolas maduro has closed all borders self-proclaimed leader one guy does saturday deadline to let us aid into the country is about to
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expire deliveries have been gathering at the border but trucks are being blocked by the dura is they may contain weaponry correspondent dan cohen reports from the colombian side of the border. well this is the t.n.t. just bridge crossing behind me you can see this is where colombia and venezuela meet you can see the infamous shipping containers that we've seen in so many photos this is as far as anyone is allowed to go police are under strict orders to not allow anyone to pass into a colombian president iran do gives the order for these ten trucks carrying six hundred tons of so-called humanitarian aid to cross the bridge and attempt to enter venezuela and venezuela's borders the police are saying that duke a male allow protesters to cross with them as well some of these protesters have told us they're prepared for violence so this could escalate into
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a real clash the aid is is prepared to be delivered if multiple crossings this is the last one where the deliveries will start at the other bridge crossings protesters who have been pelting the venezuelan national guard with rocks venezuelan president in caracas the venezuelan president nicolas maduro has called for his supporters to go to the streets to defend venezuelan sovereignty. the self declared interim president of venezuela made an appearance he. we are just a few minutes ago and addressed the crowd now the major international humanitarian organizations have refused to participate in this the red cross specifically called this quote not humanitarian aid mercy corps has also denounced this and said this so-called humanitarian aid violates the principles of neutrality and do no harm.
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now with the venezuelan authorities are expressing concern that these so-called humanitarian aid shipments could actually contain weapons and there are major questions about the involvement of the u.s. state department's envoy to venezuela elliott abrams who in the one nine hundred eighty s. ordered his humanitarian and humanitarian aid officers to use their planes to deliver weapons to contras in nicaragua now bolivian president evo morales has also denounced this and said this is simply a trojan horse scenario to deliver weapons to two opposition in venezuela now in cuba three million people have reportedly signed a letter demanding hands off venezuela in solidarity with the government of nicolas month duro at the u.s. state department has said that these claims that these that these shipments could
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contain any weapons are simply absurd and end it and it contains purely humanitarian aid but the venezuelan government has said this is simply a pretext for an american intervention inside their country so right now we're we're starting to see protesters make their way a bit closer and many reporters hundreds of police are amassed in the area and it really has all of the ingredients for a clash. in another ten percent on the border three members of venezuela's national . have deserted their posts in an attempt to flee to colombia that cement calls from the and as well in a position for the country's military to join their ranks are about to show you the moment they does it just try to ram their vehicle through the security cordon into colombia you may find this video disturbing.
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that. was. was. was actually having some from the twenty first century was news website police face that border violence will escalate justifiable it doesn't look like there's sort of a proxy paramilitary opposition force that's in place that would be able to cause any serious problems at the moment with the venezuelan police forces and also the military but that of course could change over time if that those clandestine operations that a lot of people are alluding to with regards to the u.s. and shipping weapons in under the guise of aid over time this this could develop into something there could be so there could be developed in to destabilize
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a situation and once it is destabilized what we're seeing on the border these flashpoints this week those are very sort of worrying incidents that could escalate into a situation where you have more of these flashpoint and then it becomes sort of you know they have a sort of moral imperative the opposition that they're broadcasting. in the meantime the united states is keeping up pressure on venezuela's economy with sanctions against the country's state oil company venezuelan oil is still finding its way onto the u.s. market according to the international energy agency trade has nearly returned to the level before washington imposed those sanctions as you can see there was a brief slump in which was which was restored within weeks u.s. security advisor john bolton had announced the restrictions in late january we're going to announce sanctions against patrol is to venezuela sociedad name were paid a vase as it's known by its spanish acronym the state owned will monopoly we have
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continued to expose the corruption of moore and his cronies in today's action ensures they can no longer allude fear as the venezuelan people. made an announcement after washington recognize venezuela's opposition leader as the interim president under the sanctions american firms can continue to purchase venezuelan oil but payment should be made into accounts not tied to the material government economist and founder of the center of american strategic studies was they outlined why sanctions haven't hurt all deliveries to the u.s. much. i own the bones of our law and its oil that has the largest reserves in the world and i think they wanted the oil and they wanted. a government loyal to them and they think that ever they give in to the friends will lead to their site and will and regime in and in.
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those are sovereign state and it seemed that the united states trying to have their regime change this is the really a violation of international international norm and this is a. stability out of our globe but always america look at their economic interests whether whether the bones were low what whether it is in iraq we hear that all the time with even as we're in opposition blaming the government for severe food shortages one investigative journalist in caracas says that not everything is as it seems my slimmest all went to a local market this is what he found. this is. so it's really it's better than. we can see.
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here we have all the beach there's a lot of t.v. here today. you know what you're seeing here really puts. the completely right. more than eleven thousand yell of us protesters are once again marching through the streets of paris and other cities across france the fifteenth weekend in a row such demonstrations have been held today's event has seen an appeal for calm after the violence witnessed over the last few months. five separate demonstrations were organized in paris alone protesters are reported to have been detained that the all of us movement began in november as a stand against planned increases to fuel taxes but it's evolved into protests against government policy is seen as favoring the rich online announcements for
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saturday's marches appeal for peaceful action as support for the movement has dipped in recent weeks and it continued outbreaks of violence the director of the french economic observatory on the stair knack believes that even after all these weeks the movement still unlikely to have any influence on the policies of emanuel michael. beschloss his you still need to visualize france's resisting we always skeptical towards neo liberal innovations and from this perspective he contributed to macros failure as a representative of the in the fridge economy came into power to exercise definite policies to lower taxes for the rich and businesses to keep wages low to cut back social spending and so on it's obvious that he won't give up on the stances due to the yellow vests this week during discussions on unemployment benefits we see that macron aligns with his strategy he condemns social services partners he intrudes into their talks in a very disrespectful manner preserves his line of the contemptuous technocrat.
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tear gas has been fired and barbed wire put up in the capital of the small balkan country of albania which is in the grip of intense antigovernment protests people want to get rid of the current cabinet alleging corruption and links to organized crime opposition m.p.'s have resigned on mass demanding new elections it is done after elves deeper. the in. the in albania is on fire the small book a nation has been engulfed in a massive anti government protests which literally left a stain on the face of the country's prime minister. because our top agai the country's opposition decided to destroy their
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parliamentary mandates no kick the system out of order so what is going on well the allegation the authorities face is no joke a lot of people are certain the government is working hand in hand with the drug lords parliament that is not the product of the vote of the people but is a product that has been exposed by a judicial wire tapes published by the international media. organized crime operating openly and with tourists cartels revealed dozens of albanian m.p.'s were happy to use the gangs influence and well persuasion skills to buy votes in the general election which the ruling party won by a landslide wiretaps also led to the official investigation into albania as former interior minister he stands accused of passive corruption drug trafficking and of being an active gang member and here comes the twist the prosecutors can't really
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do anything but prowl around him since albania's prime minister has refused to revoke his diplomatic immunity shielding him from the law their fishel position was to deny everything we do every allegation of corruption you know they were documented evidence and there is allegations and but in this instance there are significant documented genetic dense links between the current government. organized crime money laundering and the trafficking of drugs and i think it needs to be ascertained as to whether the two thousand and seventeen elections were free and fair or whether there was buying and vote rigging going on and i think that is why people that was sort of the cherry on the cake you know white people feel that they may be said action taken and it could be a case of just a few bad apples but the opposition says it is not the sheer scale really of the drug operations in colombia of europe is mind blowing this tiny nation has become
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one of the biggest transit hubs for heroin cannabis and cocaine smuggling racketeering a server police force in the pocket of crime lords politicians enabling the drug trade instead of fighting it this is what albanian protesters say drives them to the street yet so far they've mostly been told to shut up and know their place for the democratic party the socialist movement for integration and of the opposition parties to abandon their mandate in parliament undermine the basic principles of democracy yeah a political protest is apparently a violation of democracy in the us rulebook the same us by the way that suffers from a severe drug problem of its own europe that albania's mafia have turned into a dirty money cash cow doesn't seem to mind of backing the elites to the lawmaker is going to give the democratic choice a full band citizens and undermine the progress the country has made on the
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european union path yes the e.u. seems eager to overlook the opposition's cry for help and set the nato nation and europe to drug den on the course of integrating into the union what they're doing is provided for in the electoral college and constitution of this country therefore what they are doing is completely one hundred percent democratic. yes it's causing a political crisis but this political crisis is only happening because there are serious allegations of election rigging. i think that the e.u. and the us i don't know whether it's ignorance or whether they have some other agenda but there really is i mean people are shocked at the way that they're behaving and they've systematically failed to address any of the protests in albania over the last year the protesters are angry about this civil society is angry about this me as a journalist i'm angry about this because the fact. opposition m.p.'s resigning is
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democratic it's the pinnacle of democracy. coming up a german pensioner is a victim to make way for refugees filibustering a more after the break. what
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politicians do something. to put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected . so when you want to be president i'm sure. more somehow i want to. get it right to be close it's like the forks tree in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters of our. city. welcome back a german pensioner has been told to move out of the house that he's lived in for almost a quarter of a century in order to make room for migrants. when. i cannot believe that i
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seventy four year old pensioner must move out and suffer all these troubles even though i'm paying my rent while asylum seekers are getting it for free it's wrong. class roth was given a nine month of fiction notice the authorities have promised to find him a small flat his previous one hundred fifty square metre apartment in a small town is that got that will go to six migrants the town with a population of four thousand is home to fifty five migrants roth says that he used to work with refugees helping them to integrate. i was involved in refugee work myself three years i attended meetings with asylum seekers and the caffeine international to help them integrate into our society because i was actively involved and nobody told me back then that they needed my apartment in. the us is to keep four hundred troops in syria to maintain peace in the region that despite donald trump's previous plan to withdraw fully from the country the troops will be stationed in two syrian regions reportedly in case of conflict but the
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media advisor to the syrian president says that the decision adds difficulties to the current situation. they know this. is inferior claiming to be fighting terrorism not in fact they cause many civilian casualties. hundred view of sudan casualties if the us are there to fight terrorism why doesn't the us accept to coordinate its efforts with the ration and they will be much more effective in fighting terrorism there was to me play a very destructive for or against the syrian people that this is and people didn't deserve the western media he lied on propaganda and the love they call an eye witness is and they really did not investigate didn't check on his source of information. taiwan's president announced she's seeking
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reelection this week it follows a sudden spike in her popularity of the she rejected a peace deal with china by contrast the taiwanese presidency in twenty twenty vangelis upsets reports for china on this island as part of its own territory for taiwan china is a threat if you believe the western media narrative this free democratic need to defend itself from the imperialist the bishop of xi jinping skiver mintz china's threats to forcefully retake the island not just engaging in belligerent rhetoric it's trying to cut taiwan off further from the business community making the redraw their maps that taiwan is part of china it has long refused to rule out the use of force or mainland china in the wake of the civil war in one nine hundred forty nine but the vast majority of the year when members have never recognized it as an independent country and beijing has always stuck to its one china policy.
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taking responsibility for the nation and future generations but so it should pool our wisdom resolve to playschool rivalry and bring about sustainable p. . across the taiwan straits with a long term vision for reunification of the motherland now taiwan's opposition kuomintang party is the chairman to finally resolve the dispute but it will have to wait until the presidential elections in two thousand and twenty assuming talks between the two sides are successful a future cumin tang government would be within its rights to sign a cross street peace treaty to formally end the chinese civil war but taiwan's current leader has a more aggressive stance after announcing her reelection bid president when made it clear that she still views china as a menace. to china's ambitions and aggression are not just targeting taiwan but also other countries in the region or even worldwide chinese state media says she's playing a dangerous game the editor in chief of the global times a chinese state run news
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outlet called the taiwanese leader's reelection bid a quote crazy process of escalating tensions and the public support for the local government seems to be slipping the ruling party suffered a significant loss last november in the mid-term elections which forced chang ing when to step down as the party chair so maybe watching the support is not going to be enough meanwhile in menlo and china people are optimistic the ship that day. historically taiwan and mainland china have the same routes to the west it might look like rocky relationship but given all the possible and cultural ties pressured be peaceful ways to bring men in china and taiwan together. on supposes so you go to hold you to china is a very strong country now and taiwan is small by itself without any help from outside taiwan wouldn't last long china has the power to protect in congo with the next elections just around the corner this is
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a hope that these elections might bring a possibility of lasting peace they're friendly overture all right that party is. that's not surprising at all that's always been the way or particularly in more recent decades president's popularity is slipping they had been to me that loss of popularity as an opportunity to push for stronger relations with china if indeed it's about taiwan i think what they should recognize is that it's. time with people have very a clear view are willing to the view back to that state if their economy about the fact that their economy gets tired so any sort of fear mongering around what it's trying to choose is not going to have much effect at all on how timely its people themselves feel about the situation. racism related headlines have been on the rice lately especially ones involving politicians.
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they were racist the nation how late sister started the textbook definition of a racist comment racist. or not racist yes it's all b.s. lee offensive racism is everywhere they're telling us. white nationalist white supremacist a western civilization county language become a friend says. it's not just about the law. when it's. no different from the band you can submit to do it and not to say. it was a big achievement of us live in the bush to the bridge for some bloody oath on them brings in these favorite song seats in the front of these on these roads.
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thanks staying with us here and i'll see updates coming your way top of the hour. it follows day all paper money becomes worthless and that's the history of the last three hundred years and gold has survived and now bitcoin is synthetic gold or new gold or gold two point zero 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 a year at the shackle drachmas. they're all going to go to big oil. came here where did you work before you came here where you live well. death row in
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many us states capital punishment is still practiced convicted prisoners can spend he is waiting for execution but most of the time the victims' families they are very much in favor that there are some people because of what they do have given up the right to live among us some even proven innocent yes on death row and more exonerations is going to take before we as a society realize that this is not working and we actually do something about. as far right parties obsess about the danger is them presents to the western lifestyle some islamic scholars are concerned about the opposite. the dead muslims don't step up their game within the next twenty to forty is islam they vanish from europe are those fee is really just to find.
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her. here on earth thank you welcome to are exactly the no is this is a comedy show where americans in america covering american news are called foreign agents. of story and you will not hear about this on any of our fluffy headed mainstream media outlets however weirdly enough you will hear about it from our own government accountability office that's right we have a division in our federal government called the office of inspector general that is supposedly tasked with preventing illegal and inefficient activity each office including inspector general and employees charged with investigating for all of the
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ways to buz embezzlement and mismanagement of any. kind now that quote is from wikipedia which also states that i'm a founding member of the mexican band los needs most. like. you laughed a little too hard at that one right now as i was awkward i wish i was in that band but their quote about the office of inspector general would be actually has that right so you would think that this office might have something to say about the twenty one trillion dollars of unaccounted for spending at the pentagon like you would big one employee might go for and be like. i just saw a guy. who works his name's randy but is not of course on board he he i just saw him walk out with like a trillion dollars. or is. it is pants. and since a stack of one trillion one dollar bills would be this is true sixty seven thousand
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eight hundred miles high those would be some crazy plans. is that a trillion dollars of unaccounted for spending in your pocket you just have to save it. well here's the thing whistleblowers have come forward and not just a few over a thousand of them in three years when i go to bed bugs at a motel six they are everywhere right so i wonder how the ins by.

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