the room sick. i. tear gas this protest this set of. tensions continue to spike near the from two with colombia prism blocking borders fearing a deliveries could contain. more than eleven thousand yellow vests protesters of flooded the streets of france again

as they continue to rally against government policies that they claim only favor the rich. and we speak to a german pensioner being evicted from the flats he's lived in for almost a quarter of a century in order to make room for refugees. but i cannot believe that i seventy four year old pensioner has moved out and suffer all these troubles even the one paying my rent well asylum seekers are getting it for free. good evening and welcome this is r.t. and. tensions have fled at venezuela's border over usa deliveries from colombia as well and president nicolas maduro fears may contain weapons if we can see groups of protesters throwing stones at the border. and we can show you live pictures i believe now from the scene. there not too much you

can see at the moment but there have been plenty of police out in force with the riot shields of course they're there to prevent any unauthorized entry of aid deliveries from the u.s. of course material is said he will accept date from any use sources but not from the u.s. the fear being that there will be some kind of weaponry smuggled in there that could be used by and any antigovernment protests. and. while the venezuelan protesters have already set a bus alight today troops are fired tear gas the stone throwing opposition demonstrators they're reportedly trying to get those eight shipments as i mentioned there from the u.s. into venezuela president material has in his bid to stop that happening closed all borders so plainly to one go i don't saturday deadline supplies in that's about to

expire correspondent dan cohen is there for us. 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 you want do it gives 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 a real clash the 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 of 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 here 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 told 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.

now 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 living and 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 contain any weapons are simply absurd and end it and it contains purely

humanitarian aid but the venezuelan government 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 three members of venezuela's national guard to deserted their posts in an attempt to flee to colombia that was amid calls from the venezuelan opposition for the country's military to join their ranks are about to show you the moment the desert is trying to ram their vehicle through the security cordon and into columbia may find this video somewhat upsetting. the to be. i.

i. in the meantime thousands of people have been showing their support for president during earlier in the day he called on people to head to the streets and defend the country's independence during the rally material once again invited quite zero to take part in a presidential election although previous such requests have been ignored. it would have only just been political commentator and journalist john white very good evening t. john interesting to see what appear to be the very large numbers of the duros supporters out on the streets as well as the scenes of violence that we've witnessed what do you make of what we're seeing on the venezuelan colombia border is this provocation who's in the right who's in the wrong and what's the end game here. this annoyed prosecution ulysses' an attempt to sell property tax

for some tales intervention i would see in the next twenty four hours of the seminal in this respect. due to us absolutely right not joe they see them because it's not needed it's it's true general of the red cross and all the other internationally the news is that if using to touch it because they know that it's a trojan horse deployed to try and make the case of scenes that we're seeing at the war new military leadership in venezuela and to persuade their military to do to turn coat against the elected government that's not yet born fruit only three soldiers thus far have done so and that's a surprise that when we think about the really that she will chavez and spy out of the country and raise the consciousness of the people in the military responding to her because these soldiers are part of the people so it's key know what the military does and key to all that they do is about the people coming into the streets and i think me do was absolutely right to call on his supporters to hit the

streets to sure that his government and of all of it in revolution still enjoys mask ocular support in thing the opposition have been claiming on several occasions during the day that humanitarian trucks did many think get across the border into venezuela. strangely there's no official information to back with claims up if that isn't the case why would they make those claims what what what can be gained from that. well they're trying to show that they're not that able to get into the country i would imagine but you don't have you'll have to ask yourself when it comes to this issue of humanitarian needs is anybody really think that donald trump make you john bolton an early even arms care one whit about the welfare of the venezuelan people these are folks in till it suits who is one of us far closer to the vocal tone than thomas jefferson the killer not a job or the real c.e.o. or the venezuelan people they want their hands on the oil this is the regime change and this is a vote us hegemony ridge in to think or so mr with will contain seal who wants

a vote overturning madieu as authoritarian leadership is not thought of here and it's an equally elected government as pair of the country's national constitution and he himself is only a police man this course occasion for the rule handed to him by washington is based on his willingness and ability to take instruction but it is a see things are no reaching a tipping point and the next twenty four to forty eight hours will be key. you mentioned early abrams there one would have thought with the us being accused by quite a few different countries of you know the possibility they might be trying to facilitate regime change here surely they would be sensitive to that and would think ok we need to appoint somebody who's going to be our envoy here you know beyond reproach why on earth would they appoint someone who's got a previous record of arming rebels in other countries regime change. well look at the compassion of the trump administration look at donald trump as i said this is gosh that is a masquerading as state craft the mask of civility has been taking off in

washington and this is open to germany this is an open reach for regime change previous administrations were a bit more subtle and a bit more sophisticated about how they went though this the trumpet mission is to say that it's going to do it openly and with little regard for international law diplomacy or the u.n. charter so really it runs as part of that mix he is and she missed mania the need is a fanatic is a new confidence that this was old sort all the other key individuals and personnel within the trump administration and sadly when it comes to the drug scene a man who's become more catholic than the pope when it comes to neo conservatism and us hegemony on good faith i guess john white political commentator and journalist thank you. when the venezuelan opposition blaming the government for severe food shortages on investigative journalist and caracas if not everything is quite as it seems like blumenthal went to a local market this is what he found. yes there is no truth to toothbrushes and

that is where. this is so. made. so it's really it's better than. we can see i. i. hear we have all the meats there's a lot of protein here today you know what you're seeing here really hurts my. you be completely right me. more than eleven thousand yellow vests protesters once again marching through the streets of paris and other friend cities the fifteenth weekend in a row such demos have been held today's event seen an appeal for calm out of the

violence witnessed over the last few months. five separate demonstrations were organized in paris alone six protests as a reported to being detained. movement began in november as a stand against planned increases to fuel taxes but it's evolved into protests against government policy seen as favoring the rich among announcements for saturday's marches appeal for peaceful action as support for the movement has dipped in recent weeks and it continued operative violence in iraq to the french economic observatory. standing at police even after all of these weeks the movement still unlikely to have any influence on micron's policies. france's resisting will always skeptical towards neoliberal innovations and from this perspective he contributed to macros. as

a representative of the in the french 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 condemned social services partners he intrudes into their talks in a very disrespectful manner preserves his line of the contemptuous technocrats thinking it was yes so become a german pensioner is effected in order to make way for refugees we'll have that story after the break. join me every thursday on the alex simon sure and i'll be speaking to guest of the

world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. we got to hit the road and get out the traveling across america to find what makes america the charlotte. this place especially american hero this is it we've come to a point on which elements done so we always are on the current system. we're starting last with. the beginning heading east into the swamp we're going into the belly of the beast i think i want to leave now doesn't get any more. we may be completely different but end of this.

has been fun. in the capital of the small balkan country of albania which is in the grip of intense protests people want to get rid of the current cabinets alleging corruption and links to organized crime opposition m.p.'s have resigned and they're demanding new elections because donna tells the. it was. the it was. 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. those are top of. the country's opposition decided to destroy their 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 do anything but prowl around him since albania's prime minister has refused to revoke his diplomatic immunity shielding him from the law there fishel position was to deny everything we do every allegation of corruption you know there are documented evidence and there is allegations and that in this instance. there are significant documented 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 were sort of the cherry on the cake you know white people feel that they need to 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 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 other opposition parties to abandon their mandates 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 lawmakers

go against the democratic two as a full band citizens and undermine the progress the country has made on the 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 the drug den on the course of integrating into the union. what they're doing is provided for in the electoral college i am a 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 is any way 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

democratic it's the pinnacle of democracy. the 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. with. i cannot believe that i 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 rovs there 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 located near that gar that will now go to six migrants the town with a population of four thousand is home to fifty five migrants for authors that he used to work with refugees helping them to integrate. while i was involved in refugee work myself for three years i attended meetings with asylum seekers at the

caffeine international to help them integrate into our society i was actively involved and nobody told me back then that they needed my apartment which. may be deported food russia as early as next month according to her the boy she was detained in accused of being a russian agent by the u.s. department of justice in july robert driscoll says he is hopeful that she will be released in two to six weeks and spoke to me earlier. the hang up is really going to be the timing of the sentencing hearing we have a status conference for the judge on tuesday and will inform the judge kind of where we're at in terms of cooperation i will make a presentation as will the government prosecutors and hopefully that point will set a date maybe in a few weeks or a month to hopefully have a sentencing. you know fairly soon a matter of weeks and then at that sentencing. if it's time served sentence should

be deported fairly soon thereafter always wanted to return to russia that's been her goal from the beginning and so given that that's her position you know i'm working with the government officials to make that happen as quickly as possible so as the sentence is done do you feel is that you'll fully informed on exactly what's going on you have a pretty good idea of where this is heading could there be surprises that any of the cases that the u.s. authorities might hold for example there's always a risk i mean obviously under cooperation agreement she has to agree to you know she's agreed to cooperate with the government and if the government has more things for her to cooperate with her more questions they have they could conceivably keep her a bit longer for people who maybe aren't familiar with this case they want click on their knees and they hear this story. you know something about challenges failure to register as a. foreign agent in another country they had mention of ana chapman people will immediately the thought thinking so she is spying yeah i mean i think that's very important is that the government is not even alleging she's

a spy the government did not charge her with espionage the government in charge her with having classified information what this case is about where the government charged her with was acting as an agent of a foreign official in particular and the torsion who she had known for the gun rights movement was a mentor to her so it's very different then a typical case as is has no similarities with anna chapman who at least was alleged to have been involved in. passing of cash and dead drops and secret communication devices and things like that ok this is an international funk staying with us updates coming your way at the top of the hour.

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world's greatest human rights lawyers jeffrey robinson peete st annes did jeremy colvin going to blind to his own m.p.'s now revealed as those who would jump into bed with x. tories have voted for welfare cuts that have led to one hundred twenty thousand deaths plus be quiet so now i'm for the rest of the session you used to practice is about risk but you didn't make those sorts of roofing noises in the colts or if you did i wonder you know don't go practice that u.k. parliamentary chaos as elected officials abandon the policies of the. got them into power over some more coming up in today's going underground a first even before the broadcast of wednesday's episode we were inundated with tweets over a clip featuring journalist but disobedient allegations that the white helmet syria in fact the allegations had originally streamed on the united nations t.v. channel as part of a u.n. discussion on the british backed white helmets organization in syria the clip being commented on was actually part of a whole going underground episode that included challenges against unverified claims and invitations to the u.k. government the white helmets and others that did not stop eliot higgins of the

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elliott take ins and nick waters to appear on the show both declined and hagen's did they respond with this tweet russia today has just asked me to go on going underground because of this tweet probably defeat the impartiality for the inevitable off calm complaints i'm not going to let the channel that promotes conspiracy theorists any credibility by appearing on some show no serious person watches of our interview with journalists when hasn't really a birmingham university professor scott lucas also reference u.k. regulator off calm he said liar.