vehicles are set on fire on the venezuelan border with colombia as rioters try to break through military barricades after president maduro cuts ties with. accusing it of fueling the standoff over u.s. aid supplies. also this hour more than eleven thousand yellow vests protesters flood the streets of france yet again for a fifteenth weekend of government on rest. 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 my seventy four year old pensioner just moved out and suffer all these troubles even the ones paying my rent while asylum seekers are getting it for free. and i welcome from moscow i'm daniel who writes thanks for joining us this hour. a confrontation is building up on the border between venezuela and colombia protesters have been trying to break through military barricades to let trucks pass through several vehicles have been set on fire colombian officials say two hundred eighty five people have been injured in the past twenty four hours although venezuelan media are quoting much lower figures and has just. announce the closure

of its side of the border to prevent further violence earlier president maduro has ordered soldiers to block all venezuelan checkpoints with colombia and brazil claims the united states aid convoys are a means of smuggling in arms to the opposition and the pretext for military intervention on saturday president would cut political ties with colombia expelling diplomats. that can't continue supporting aggression from colombian territory so i've decided to cut all political and diplomatic ties with the fascist colombian government and its ambassadors must leave in twenty four hours. of standing to protect the lives and well being of colombian public servants they return to colombia will be organized as soon as possible. all the self-proclaimed leader of venezuela one door had urged the military to allow aid into the country by saturday the situation spiraled out of control on the border as that deadline expired and trucks were still unable to cross. i

was. five zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero. zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero i thought oh yeah. all right well here at the t. and d. to us bridge crossing right on the colombian venezuelan border i'm on the colombia side you can see venezuela behind me there was a lot of momentum here the small inning to get these so-called humanitarian aid trucks through. made an appearance this morning he climbed up on one of the trucks addressed the crowd and he made a statement standing alongside his allies and the president of chile and the president of paraguay the other bridge crossings in the area have seen violent

clashes indeed now one humanitarian aid truck was reportedly even set on fire at one point protesters uprooted a tree trunk and used it actually is a battering ram against venezuelan police vehicle in another instance protesters from both sides were throwing rocks at one another. both nicolas maduro and one guy i don't know have called for protests from their respective supporters there was an opposition protest in near caracas where protesters surrounded an air force base. now julie and brazil have said that the so called humanitarian aid has actually entered venezuela at some of the crossing points but that's certainly not the case here is the humanitarian you know these these trucks are still sitting on the colombian side of the border just a few hundred meters ahead of me. now the bolivian president evo morales has

denounced this and said it's a trojan horse that the u.s. he accused the u.s. of attempting to smuggle weapons under the cover of humanitarian aid and considering the involvement of the state department special envoy to venezuela elliott abrams who did just exactly that back in the one nine hundred eighty s. under the reagan administration it seems to be a legitimate concern now the latest is that venezuela's president nicolas maduro has ordered the he's cut all ties with colombia so a total diplomatic rupture which is certainly disturbing development but it's all quite here at the bridge but the other crossings there are clashes going on. clashes have also rubbed it on venezuela's border with brazil which has been closed entirely since thursday this was the scene out of border crossing as rioters confronted security forces there are also reports of gunfire and casualties but so

far those claims have not been verified venezuelan opposition are claiming that some aid deliveries have made it over the border. is urging world powers to help bring down the road government tweet there you can see he said the international community should consider all options to liberate the people of venezuela ecuador is now in colombia where he gave a speech encouraging the venezuelan military to turn against duro echoing an earlier message from the u.s. national security adviser john bolton. venezuela's military has a choice embrace democracy protect civilians and allow in humanitarian aid or face even more sanctions and isolation saturday several members of venezuela's national guard deserted their posts on the border and tried to flee to colombia regard to show you the moment they tried to ram the vehicle through security cordon into the country a warning you may find the video distressing. you

know this was the. was. was i mean while thousands of people have been showing their support for president maduro speaking at a rally on saturday he called on venezuelans to take to the streets and the friend the country's independence he denounced go i do as an american puppet. all across in venezuela has caused global shock waves according to the no war on venezuela movement there are now a hundred fifty campaigns across the world against us interference in the country we heard from an antiwar activist who was one such protest the new york. this was the day where the people of the world the grassroots movement to make their voice

heard against another u.s. war a war that's for oil that's for him her realist domination and has nothing to do with humanitarian aid as there is no war that the us has ever fought that has been for humanitarian purpose it will raise a firestorm within latin america that is absolutely clear destruction of the economy of venezuela this is a crime that the the u.s. is going anywhere there and saying that there is chaos and the us intervention is needed but who is causing the economic destabilization in venezuela it's a seizing of venezuela's own funds and the an imposition of sanctions on the blocking of train that the u.s. is orchestrating the opposition of course realizes that they have a big mediocre form and they are going to make all. kinds of claims but they are

the ones who are accepting shipments of the arms that will lead to many more deaths and they are the ones who are creating a crisis on the border demanding that these trucks get through this is the wealthiest people in venezuela who could well provide for other people if they so chose instead they want this is only to get rid of. problems. with the venezuelan opposition blaming the government for severe shortages of basic goods one investigative journalist in caracas not everything is as it seems like went to the local market. there was toothpaste or toothbrushes and that is where. the real truth. this is so. many women school activity so it's really it's better than.

we can see. rice. here we have all the meats there's a lot of protein here today. you know what you're seeing here really good skill. to be completely right you are seeing this courtroom well now meanwhile the u.s. is keeping up pressure on venezuela's economy with sanctions against the country's state oil company that has won an oil though 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 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 petroleum to venezuela associate a name or paid a vase as it's known by its spanish acronym the state owned oil monopoly we have continued to expose the corruption of madeira and his cronies and today's action ensures they can no longer loot the assets of the venezuelan people. bolton made that announcement after washington recognized venezuela's opposition leader one gold or interim president under the sanctions american firms can continue to purchase venezuelan oil payments though should be made into accounts not tied to the moderate government economist was then explained why exactly the world trade is still going strong. 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 to or a government loyal to them and they think that if they give. over the friends were

allowed to there was right and that will end regime in and in. those are sovereign state and it seemed that the united states trying to have. change this is the really a violation of international international norm and this is. the stability of our globe but always america look at their economic interests whether whether the bones were low what it whether it is in iraq we hear that all the. more than eleven thousand yellow vest protesters are once again marching through the streets of paris and other cities across france to the fifteenth weekend of unrest in the country. thank you.

five separate demonstrations are organized in paris alone six protesters are reported to have been detained there the yellow vest movement began last november sparked by public anger over a fuel tax hike whether it's devolved into protests against the government policies seen as favoring the rich online announcements for saturday's marches appealed for peaceful action as support for the movement has dipped in recent. amid continued up acts of violence the rector of the french economic observatory on the eastern yet believes even after always weeks the movement's still unlikely to have any influence on micron's policies. as you still need to visual france's resisting we always skeptical towards neoliberal innovations and from this perspective it contributed to macros failure as a representative of the turn in the fringe economy came into power to exercise definite policies to lower taxes for the rich in 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 a contemptuous technocrat in. a german pensioner has been told to move out of the house he's lived in for almost a quarter of a century to make room for migrants. when. i cannot believe that i seventy four year old pensioner must move out and suffer all these troubles even the ones paying my rent while asylum seekers are getting it for free it's wrong klaus roth was given a nine month vixen notice the your thirties have promised to find him a small of his previous hundred fifty metres square apartment in a small town near stock art will go to six migrants and the town with a population of four thousand is currently home to fifty five migrants roth says he

used to work with refugees helping them integrate into society. i was involved in refugee work myself for three years i attended meetings with asylum seekers and 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. albania ms in the grip of nationwide protests over claims of government corruption opposition lawmakers have resigned on mass the morning new elections artie's it was done and has the details. it was. it. was albania is on fire the small balkan nation has been engulfed in a massive anti government protests which literally left

a stain on the face of the country's prime minister. and. the others 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 think 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 has been exposed by a judicial wire tapes published by the international media. organized crime operating openly. during the government alleged leaked phone calls of one of the country's most notorious cartels revealed dozens of albanian m.p.'s were happy to use the gang's 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 their fishel position was to deny everything we do every allegation of corruption you know there are documented evidence and there is allegations and but in this instance there are significant documented in evidence 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 vote buying and vote breaking going on and i think that

is why people that were sort of the cherry on the cake you know why people feel there should be some 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 for heroin cannabis and cocaine smuggling. racketeering a service 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 drug den on the course of integrating into the union. what they're doing is provided for in the electoral college i'm 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 they raise 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 democratic it's the pinnacle of democracy. maria buton maybe deported to russia as early as next month's according to her lawyer she was attained and accused of being a russian agent by the united states to bomb but of justice in july robert risk old says he's hopeful that he'll be released in two to six weeks and join my colleague neil harvey earlier to discuss the case. 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 and 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 it at sentencing. if it's time served sentence she would be deported fairly soon thereafter always wanted to return to russia that's been her goal from the beginning and so given that's her position you know i'm working with the government officials to make that happen as quickly as possible so as the sun. do you feel as though 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 u.s. authorities might hold for example there's always a risk i mean obviously under cooperation agreement she has to agree to if she's agreed to cooperate with the government and if the government has more things for her to cooperate with or 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 and to register is a foreign agent in another country they had mentioned ivana 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 through the gun rights movement was a mentor to her so it's very different then a typical case you know as is has no similarities with anna chapman who at least was alleged to have been involved in passing of cash and drops and had secret communication devices and things like that and what's not international those are

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