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certainly ratcheted up a notch off the trucks carrying us massed on the country's borders with colombia and brazil and that's severe clashes at checkpoints between opposition supporters and those loyal to president nicolas maduro.

venezuela's self-proclaimed. to help democratically elected nicolas maduro he said the international community should consider all options to liberate the people of venezuela he disputes the legitimacy of president claiming the last elections were rigged and often declared himself interim president in february he was backed by the u.s. government and a host of european countries he also announced his plan to meet with the u.s. vice president mike pence on monday to discuss the situation. well president obama has cried foul regarding go i doze attempts to use power in venezuela he maintains his legitimacy as president of venezuela a post he has been in since twenty thirteen and accuses quite go over violating the constitution and the accusers guardo of attempting to stage a coup aided and abetted by the united states and the venezuelan foreign minister has also lambasted the us accusing secretary of state might pump

a zero of fabricating reasons to start a war against caracas meanwhile washington warns is preparing more sanctions for venezuela a move sure to push more people onto the streets. venezuela's military has a choice embrace democracy protect civilians and now in humanitarian aid or face even more sanctions in isolation. the u.s. will take action against those who oppose the peaceful restoration of democracy in venezuela now is the time to act in support of the needs of the desperate venezuelan people meanwhile thousands of people have been showing their support for president my daughter speaking at a rally on saturday he called on venezuelans to take to the streets and defend the country's independence and he denounced as an american politician because. i swear to formally assume the duties of the national executive as president of venezuela i added states probably recognize

a national symbol president one or you know as the interim president of venezuela we recognize and express our full support for the president. assumed by the president of the national assembly. it is clear that this is not the legitimate leader. so you're not going to believe that the plan is the right person that's why the forward. even more violence could be meaningless how the. various front. runner turns out it's. been a strain on. we seek a peaceful transition of power. but all options are on. i

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yeah. well here at the deep this bridge crossing right on the colombian venezuelan border i'm on the columbia 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 as 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 by doe have called for protests from their respective supporters there was an opposition protest in your caracas where protesters surrounded an air force base . now julie and brazil have it 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 and the bolivian president evo morales has denounced this and said it's a trojan horse that the u.s. he accused the us 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 a disturbing development but it's all quiet here it indeed does bridge but the other crossings there are clashes going on. more than three hundred people have reportedly been injured at the clashes that have been as well as borders with colombia and brazil meanwhile on saturday several members of venezuela's national guard deserted their posts at the border and tried to flee to colombia are about to show you the moment they tried to ram their vehicle through a security barrier and warning you may find the video disturbing.

and all the controversy is happening at the venezuela colombia border the humanitarian aid group the red cross has warned that people are falsely advertising themselves as working for the organization and attempting to cross into venezuela expressed concern that these actions might risk the impartiality of the organization's work. with the venezuelan opposition blaming the government for severe food shortages one investigative journalist in caracas says not all is as it seems max a blumenthal went to a supermarket and here's what he found. and say there was no toothpaste or toothbrushes and that is where. here we mean this is soup. made women's collective it's been made so it's really it's better than that i haven't seen. we can see.

our rice. here we have a lot of meats there's a lot of protein here today and you know what you're seeing here really could still . be completely right u.s. media is portraying my video was a response to us media which is embedded with that that it's way that opposition and with the usa i d right now on the colombian border and and doing this humanitarian intervention propaganda show where they're actually claiming that there is no there are no basic goods in venezuela at all and i was showing that in a fairly upscale neighborhood in caracas the supermarket looks just like the supermarkets in my hometown of washington d.c.

i can also tell you that i was out in some of the poorer areas of caracas and i actually encountered the vice president of venezuela del cielo rodriguez and the mayor of caracas erica faria at open air food markets around the city where food is being distributed basically for free to the poor and working class communities the problem here is with speculation there are high prices on food randoms. situation that has to do with actually the kind of capitalist class here that supports the opposition and u.s. sanctions are actually allowing them to hoard goods and to make maximum profit and those so that's the irony here is that many of the supporters of the opposition and the big business forces behind the opposition are actually cashing in on the economic crisis. as mentioned earlier the leader of the opposition one white though he's planning to meet the u.s. national security advisor john bolton on monday and that has tensions intensify

along venezuela's borders with both brazil and come up here we will keep you posted on all developments. it is a weekly here on our international front has been rocked by a fifteenth consecutive weekend of protests as yellow vest demonstrators defend their anger over government policies the french interior ministry says more than forty six thousand people rallied all across france on saturday with nearly six thousand of them in the heart of paris. this weekend saw five separate demonstrations organized empires and six protesters

are reported to have been detained they yell about the movement began last november over fuel tax hikes and it's evolved since then into protests against the unpopular government policies before the march this saturday online announcements appealed for peaceful action a support for the movement has dipped in recent weeks and amid the well continued outbreaks of. the universe have announced over social media that they're planning what they describe as a decisive act three days of protest starting march the eighth we spoke to the director of the french economic observatory he says the movement is unlikely to get any concessions yes lost as you still need to do all the fronts is resisting we always skeptical towards neoliberal innovations and from this perspective it contributed to macros failure as a representative of the the french 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 macro 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 technocrats. and act of censorship that's how the president of the international federation of journalists described facebook's suspension of several key affiliated accounts that's after the media freedom representative from the european security organization the own. s. c e so he's closely following the situation as well last week the social networking giant blocked four pages belonging to math a comedian which produces online news and which c.n.n. reporter recently suggested was attempting to conceal its ties to russia here's what phillipe had to say about the move. closing

a facebook account or any internet link from the media without prior warning can be considered as an act of censorship opposed by the i have j. when i delved deeper in the story now and explains why facebook's critics are crying foul. what happened was unprecedented a channel with four million subscribers billions of views blocked or for its content not for saying anything malicious or untrue or hateful but just because of its nationality russian i mean c.n.n. which was behind in the investigation that led to this said it best so great viral videos great design you know and the content was pretty critical of the u.s. government of us mainstream media but nothing that would be totally out of the ordinary necessarily a lot of legitimate arguments but as we started digging into it we did find that the company which set up these pages over the past six months was actually backed

by or why they voiced seeing legitimate arguments critical of us foreign policy totally journalist the thing to do criticize and discuss stuff right this is censorship selective biased unfair prejudiced and blatant regardless of what you think of ron you call it russia or anything else this trio c.n.n. u.s. funded german marshall fund and facebook working together to selectively sense is highly disturbing that this is the inevitable outcome of breaking facebook to censor here is a taste of the u.s. . media acting just like state media. report of course ran a colleague's video for russia backed in the now and to us readers because they criticize us foreign policy for example the venezuela coup attempt censorship is the most commonly used word in reactions to this ban and there have been many

remarkable also is that facebook talked to everyone they wanted but haven't said a word reason they would justify the anything to the folks they blocked facebook hasn't contacted us at all the pages were just unpublished and it had an automated button we could appeal to which we did of course we have not heard a word from facebook and it's been over three days now the suspected reason is that it didn't reveal its russian funding which no one doesn't facebook and never had to we did not violate any rules there is no rule that you have to post anything about your funding or personal funding on facebook no one does it not any of the u.s. sponsored outlets not any of the qatari sponsored outlets no country not china not turkey not russia not the us has to put these labels on their facebook pages there is no requirement by facebook that people disclose their funding the b.b.c. doesn't do it the c.b.c.

is facebook page doesn't do it al-jazeera space the page doesn't do it it's just not standard industry practice to disclose your funding on facebook you can't help but feel for the folks at media i know many of them they work to make quality stuff funny videos serious videos investigations the poor the sauls into their work only because the side the winds the faceless senses personally i'm surprisingly calm because i've spent in there now as a project that i created from scratch it's in the now because the names that he's in now way like this is my baby. i spent the last four and a half five years of my life growing this channel. the last year trying to build a team of young professionals that really want to make good important contacts. so it's pretty big for me in terms of the broader picture it's huge oh it's huge all right the crime it appears was being too russian and this now seemingly is

a crime enough to get your bad and the result questioned whether facebook should have the power to decide what people see and hear i mean the theory beyond the internet was if more people wanted to see something that we should be allowed to see it and of the when you do internet searches the things that come up when you put a question in you supposed to find the thing that most people are looking at but of course of no started talking about changing the algorithms there's a lot of mass media would like to say to face book as anger as hurt feeling of being picked on bullied but is also understanding and a simple human plea for this book if you're listening what i would say to you is i understand that you're under in pressure from various forces to suppress this or that content based on political reasoning but do not succumb to censorship do not succumb to complying with various government funded out that's regardless of what

government they're funded by to censor let your users decide what's good and what's bad do not get in the in the business of dictating. what constitutes good speech and bad speech it's a slippery slope. and it could lead to disaster in the end the first booklet i replied to market media saying that the pages will be allowed back on the site if they make it clear they are affiliated with r.t. and we discuss the page ground with talk show host jimmy door. this is a bunch of unelected bureaucrats in silicon valley deciding who. who gets freedom of speech based on completely random rules that are public and they make up on the fly that that's what so this is an actual censorship happening so if you're going to take away someone's rights you have to have a transparent process to do that you can't just do it willy nilly with a bunch of unelected bureaucrats in the middle of the night in silicon valley

deciding who gets to have freedom of speech or not and that's what's happening right here and by the way it's happening in conjunction with the government which makes it doubly horrible but it's not really being reported correctly in the united states because corporate media is in bed with the same people so a warning is sent out to diplomats in brussels the e.u. use capitals allegedly teaming with the russian and chinese suiko spy hunting in a moment. to what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy one sunday shouldn't let it be an arms race is on offense very dramatic development only really going to exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk.

i thought it would be is that i will accept the idea of course this would be ocean without ballast you know it's the borders of sixty seven with your was that it was it's covered up or we are going to be slipping i don't mind the slipping and go once this feeling i underline the only thing which means that we will be living in it be fine one is this if you wish and therefore dislike it with find itself naive out of your wish as they claim north korea woke up because their claim. thanks for joining us on this sunday parts of the media went into

a spin this week over a lot of putin's warning that moscow was ready to target perceived threats with this latest hypersonic missile. threaten to retaliate by targeting western capitals with his own new weapons lattimer putin threatening to target the united states with its new generation of hypersonic missiles if the u.s. bases intermediate range missiles in europe despite his friendly relationship with president trump vladimir putin has vastly excel aerated russia's missile programs and openly says gives moscow the edge over america during his annual state of the nation address on wednesday president putin announced that zircon new hypersonic cruise missile that can be deployed from both land and sea will undergo final testing later this year easy could have done. another day another excuse to panic for the mainstream media for them for the second year in a row the flavor of lattimer putin's state of the nation address is faster.

deadlier issue. another. work on which you don't go when you can certainly be completed on schedule namely i would like to talk about the hypersonic i'm going to get you through and that's a big enough trigger to get everything from the tabloids to serious outlets it ing repeat the concerns are not entirely unreasonable though the zircon mess is set to become a force to reckon with it's a silent assassin covering three kilometers in one second means zircon. nine times faster than the speed of sound the target literally won't hear it coming there's no hiding from it either it can hit both the ground and see targets within a range of a thousand kilometers it can be launched from either submarines or from military ships it is out of the box ready to use with the launch pads already in service yet

the intimidating tech specs and to a bigger extent even the click bait headlines are obscuring the fundamental thing about the new weapon russia hopes it will rust away and fall apart and not a single shot will be fired huge in the word. decision called russia the biggest threat to the us room but i can tell you that russia wants to have an equal and friendly relationship with the united states russia is not threatening anyone or actions in the security solely as a response and so they are of a defense nature. moscow says it won't throw the first punch it only ever wants the missiles to be used as blanks during military drills but it's better safe than sorry. diplomats in brussels are being told to watch what they say went out in public a recent report warns there are hundreds of russian and chinese secret agents

snooping in the city's cafes and restaurants so we dispatched artie's shah to do well to seek them out. for my in next assignment i'm going undercover to see if we can expose a nest of spies in brussels it's a city best known for its food being at the heart of european politics. but now the two tangled up in new scandal. the european capital brussels is apparently full of spies hundreds of russian and chinese agents are installed there even security services have reportedly suggested that diplomats should avoid a popular steakhouse and a cafe near the european commission's hate you. it mentions. names but it doesn't take a super spook to realize this is the steak house nearby where the food is

apparently being served up with the sight of said information. this is the only steakhouse in the area so i say this is. this is you know if you. think about this i don't think it's true. you. know i would love to get calls like james bond. but. i'm not convinced i'm sure he knows more what's he hiding. i was never questioned by the security service but i can imagine they did background checks on us they probably did. know more after the interview i'm not going to speak to mr such is the concern about spies stalking the streets of brussels but the e.u. is diplomatic and foreign wing the e.p.a.'s has warned member states embassies that

hundred saw the loose so if they know. where all they. been told that this city is full of spies have you seen any yet yet. and i'm respond favorably hold still for the rich and give to the poor and we need to do that in brussels with all those euro props have you seen any yes we have you have people that you don't know about that are the most important spies they know the most so not russian not chinese. in the right direction. i have been told that you can. oh yeah i am definitely a spy on the. internet comment to least also from the

m.s.m. . she looks like a good spy doesn't she russian spy or. more commercially or well after much searching here in the heart of brussels it seems that they've been taking me on a bit of a wild goose chase and no we're actually spice. back in the restaurant the owner tells me that even if they were filling up the seats they probably won't over here you see. it's very difficult to spy when there's lots of noise and you can choose where to sit so you can just arrive here and say there is the commission and i want to send a forehead over a belgium state security service once described brussels as being like a kindergarten for spies he said the.