you. know. it's working for. companies on the colombia venezuela border as army defectors plowed their vehicle through crowds to get to colombia. almost six thousand protesters flood the streets of paris for a fifteenth successive weekend of anti-government rallies. also on the weekly an act of censorship the head of the international federation of journalists facebook this is spend several pages without any warning.

the weekly roundup of top stories here. thanks for joining us this hour. our camera woman working for. a media outlet linked to r.t. was injured during saturday's clashes on the colombia venezuela border the journalist was taken to hospital with leg injuries but has since been discharged this video was captured moments before the incident took place. i. or the journalist was filming this video just before the incident happened she was standing near two armored vehicles as they sped through a crowded border crossing into colombia just before the venezuelan soldiers

defected several other people were injured swe should warn you the following video of that collision is the stressing. i. i i i believe video agency managed to get hold of the footage said to show the aftermath of the ramming people can be seen climbing over barriers on the bridge while two vehicles are stationary in the background amid the scenes of chaos and panic one woman is shown with a bloodied face. i was covering the chaos on the border has been a challenge for journalists former correspondent paul was there she described a separate incident when

a colleague was surrounded by one guide those supporters who prevented her from filming her report this is footage of the encounter the reporter dressed in red was filming for a spanish network currently the crowd objected to the way she was describing venezuela's self declared leader one the opposition they had called a journalist and so she had to leave the scene i. mean as well as blamed colombia for stoking chaos on the border and encouraging humanitarian aid trucks to breach a military cordon president nicolas maduro claims those convoys are a pretext for a u.s. intervention caracas has broken off relations with colombian diplomats are now leaving the country meanwhile a standoff was also rose you want to venezuela's border with brazil throughout south asia.

yes. on the colombian venezuelan border i'm on the colombia side you can see venezuela behind me there was a lot of momentum here to get these so-called humanitarian aid trucks through one boy made an appearance 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 apparent why 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 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 chile and brazil have said that this 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 u.s. of attempting to smuggle weapons under the cover of humanitarian aid 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 meanwhile the red cross is warning that people on the border with colombia a full sleeve advertising themselves as working for the group to try to get into venezuela expressed concern that this threatens the organization's image of impartiality video does show people with red cross emblems on their shirts blending

in with the crowd and chanting slogans humanitarian organization has demanded that the activists stop wearing their insignia. i mean while thousands have been showing their support for president maduro at a rally on saturday he called on venezuelans to take to the streets and defend the country's independence he also denounced door as an american puppet we heard earlier from alterman editor of news website on monday he told us that the whole humanitarian aid campaign is saying that undermining will do is control of venezuela's borders. is assault weapon to provoke a war i mean what. is if i do have true off that is one of those borders or naught if. that question is not the issue is not humanitarian aid is the control of that is clearly the white house thought downfall would be

a fast track gratian but move forces. people off. and this. is going as we could see yesterday well thousands of people. have aleutian following the clashes venezuelan opposition leader one void or the world to consider all options to liberate the people of his way disputes the legitimacy of president gore during claiming the last elections were rigged in january he declared himself interim president of venezuela a move that was swiftly recognized by washington the madeira has been in power since twenty thirteen following the death of former leader hugo chavez with. dora's attempting a coup with the help of the united states caracas accuses the white house of seeking a pretext for military action meanwhile the us secretary of states has added fuel to the fire with his latest threat. of a duly elected interim president mr gore though the american people have been most

generous providing a couple hundred tons of food medicine hygiene kits for the venezuelan people and then will continue to build out the global coalition to put the force behind the voice of the venezuelan people here's a quick look at how the crisis in venezuela has slowed just in the space of a few weeks. believe me i swear to formalise soon the teachings of the national executive vice president of venezuela i added states probably recognize national symbol president one point zero as the interim president of venezuela we recognize and express our full support for the presidency of venezuela assumed by the president of the national assembly one it is clear that notice muro is not the legitimate leader of venezuela so the united kingdom believes that. is the right person to take from this white a forward. eagerly only looking only

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many people around the world have accused the united states of destabilizing venezuela a rally against us interference in south america was held in new york on saturday there are now around one hundred fifty similar campaigns globally that's according to the no war on venezuela movement we heard from an activist who was at a gathering in new york. this was a day for 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 internal is domination and has nothing to do with humanitarian aid as there is no war that the u.s. has ever what it 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 that the u.s.

is committing there there and saying that there is chaos and and the u.s. intervention is needed but who is causing the economic destabilization in venezuela it's a seizing of venezuela's own funds and the m imposition of sanctions and the blocking of trade 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 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 this phony cover to get rid of the elected government

rain water opposition leader one word all will meet on monday with senior officials from the u.s. and a number of latin american states through we'll keep you updated on any of it developments. more than forty six thousand people took to the streets of france across on saturday for the latest yellow vest rallies the largest march was in paris that attracted six thousand people. this was the fifteenth consecutive weekend of civil unrest in france the yellow vest movement was launched last november in response to a fuel tax hike and quickly evolved into a nationwide movement against the government policies seen as favoring the rich yellow vest activists say they're now planning

a decisive act on march the eighth to raise the pressure on president micron a french economist though we leaves the government is unlikely to make any further concessions. last is you still need to france's resisting will 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 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 macro 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 technocrat and alarms being sounded by media freedom groups after facebook suspended some r.t.

affiliated pages we'll have more on that story after this short break. what. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. to be pretty much like them before you can't be good. interested in the water. as far right parties obsess about the danger is them presents to the western lifestyle some islamic scholars are concerned about the opposite are no advantage.

to the dead muslims don't step up their game within the next twenty to forty years may vanish from europe are those fears really justified. international facebook suspension this week of several accounts has been described as an act of censorship by the international federation of journalists just last week the social networking giant blocks pages belonging to mufon media softer a c.n.n. report suggest that it was trying to conceal its ties to russia is what philip to say about that 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.f.j. morag as there has more now in the story 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 pages over the past six months was actually backed by or why they voicing legitimate arguments critical of us foreign

policy a totally journalistic thing to do criticize and discuss stuff right this is censorship selective biased unfair prejudiced and blatant regardless of what you think of run you call it russia or anything else this trio c.n.n. u.s. funded german motional fund and facebook working together to selectively censor is highly disturbing but this is the inevitable outcome of breaking facebook to censor here is a taste of the us media acting just like state media. reporter of course ran a colleague's videos 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 were justified anything to the folks they blocked face about

hasn't contacted us that all the pages were just unpublished and it had an automated button we couldn't appeal to which we did of course we have not heard a word from fate. book 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 face book and never have 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. 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 as facebook 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 food 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 to be cost the side the winds the thesis censors personally i'm surprisingly calm because i've spent in the now as a project that i created from scratch it's in the now because my aims and 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. last year trying to build the team 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 as much as things that come up when you put a question in you're supposed to fund the thing that most people are looking at but of course of no stop. he talking about changing the algorithms there's a lot media would like to say to the book is anger is hurt feeling of being picked on bullied that is also understanding and a simple human plea facebook if you're listening what i would say to you is i understand that you're under immense 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 facebook later told buffet media who would be allowed back on to the site if the connections to clear we discussed the story would talk show host humidor who sees the hand of the u.s. government work this is a bunch of unelected bureaucrats in silicon valley deciding who gets freedom of speech based on completely random rules 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 on elected 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. parts of the media

went into a spin this week over vladimir putin is warning that moscow is ready to target perceived threats with its latest sort of missile. threatened 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 us bases intermediate range missiles in europe despite his friendly relationship with president trump vladimir putin has vastly accelerated russia's missile programs and openly says gives moscow the edge over america in his state of the nation address on wednesday president putin and outs that the new hypersonic cruise missile will undergo testing this year it can travel up to nine times faster than sound zick on its both ground and sea targets and a thousand kilometer range and can be deployed for land or sea however the russian president stressed that the new missile is a deterrent not an offensive weapon hugeness the word you. should

call russia the biggest threat to the us around but i can tell you that russia wants to have an equal and friendly relationship with the united states russia is not threatening anyone at all our actions and we have done solely as a response. of a defensive nature. of former us presidential candidate ron paul told us what he thinks this new missile might mean for global security. i think it's a reasonable massy you know i have to tend to agree with the sentiments that putin has expressed because i saw no purpose i think the. acceleration of the animosity between the two countries came by us is cancelling out of i and half out of the treaty and that opened up the door for this so i think it's reasonable for defensive purposes to do this i think we're a lot safer then the people in washington and the people who build our weapons

claim we are because even if it's not for the fact of aggression and starting a war i think people when they make profits building weapons there are likely to promote problems those are the headlines for the so about settlements and myself and i'll join us again. for those latest global news updates will see the. join me every thursday on the elec simon chill and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics small business i'm show business i'll see you then. so 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 based on often spearing dramatic development only closely and going to exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very

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