so you tell your lucky. to. get a picket out of here and then number one. more going to do the things that need to be done to make sure the planets where the people's voice that democracy reigns and there's a brighter future of the people of that as well as washington says it will take any action necessary to ensure what he calls a transition to democracy in venezuela at this bloody violence between pro and anti-government protesters shows no sign of a base and also a referendum sees people can now reject plans to relocate us minutes from the base from one part of the japanese island to another but locals fear it will happen anyway. the japanese government is pushing through the construction by force there

are many people protesting in canoga every day. and told from prepares for his second leads in the north korean leader kim jong un we'll look at how the host nation vietnam is getting ready for the summer. follow their six pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now as tensions in venezuela are ramped up the u.s. says it will come to the aid of those wanting to president maduro by any means necessary their words from the secretary of state might bump a head of vice president mike pence meeting today with the self-proclaimed interim president. in colombia. roger was the wonder standard that the venezuelan people have made it's days numbered continue to build up a global coalition to put to put force behind the voice which said every options on

the table we're going to do the things that need to be done all the turmoil in venezuela has been heightened by the debate over whether to allow u.s. aid into the country trucks of supplies have amassed on the borders with colombia and also brazil and this is led to clashes the checkpoints between opposition supporters and those loyal to my daughter the president fears the lorries could be carrying weapons at least four people have died but hundreds injured so far. i.

well recent photographs of an a truck which had been taught did lead to a wave of accusations against forces loyal to madeira pictures which emerged later and to me there are forces trying to save aid from the fire have been used against the police however the videos do suggest a fire bomb from the opposition forces may have hit the truck. thank you. thank you. thank god the was. was the violence intensifies in the u.s. ramps up his rhetoric there are concerns that a direct intervention in venezuela is now on the cards our reports. while aids is usually the case who alleviating suffering this weekend's events may

be doing the exact opposite the determination to get washington's aid across the border in the face of president has refused to over walls it turns out the catalyst to push the delicate situation in venezuela into bloody clashes tons of us aid had piled up at the venezuela border in what madeira had called a u.s. orchestrated show designed to induce international condemnation from the dozens of nations siding with opposition leader. concerns that the aid deliveries could contain weapons were not completely unfounded given previous u.s. and devers the bolivian president. evo morales concurred calling the cargo a trojan horse to provoke war so just how quaint those thought things unfolding when he issued an ultimatum is unclear rallying his supporters on mass to bring the u.s. trucks across the border is undoubtedly a for carious position to put people in especially when the military remains loyal

to the president naturally it was altered in this. with the outlook for me looking increasingly bleak attention has now turned to those who continue to support him the venezuelan military are being urged to abandon their loyalties and choose the side of washington venezuela's military has a choice embrace democracy protect civilians and irene humanitarian aid also more sanctions and isolation round of applause from the new commander in chief or anyone choosing to be on the right side of history because causing unnecessary pain and suffering is nowhere near as nor the ating as the sight of u.s. trucks going up in flames it seems. we denounce my refusal to let humanitarian assistance reach venezuela what kind of

a sick tyrant stops food from getting to hungry people the images of burning trucks filled with aid are sickening their misgivings and finger pointing over who might be to blame for the burning trucks was quickly picked up on by venezuela's foreign minister who issued a stark reminder of his u.s. counterparts past as head of the cia. secretary powell a specialist in false flag operations believes he fools the world with a truck burned in colombia by his own agents with tensions in venezuela wrangling for months quite as deadline was an opportunity to vent the result was all out chaos and confusion even forcing the red cross to call on unknown members of the crowd to stop wearing their insignia. we've learned that there are some people not affiliated with the red cross colombia and red cross venezuela wearing red cross emblems at colombia venezuela and brazil venezuela border we urge them to stop doing this they might mean well but they risk jeopardizing our neutrality

impartiality and independence as the situation intensified on the border president maduro called on his the porters to a mass on the streets of caracas where he vowed to defend but as well and to alleviate him on the border while cutting all political and diplomatic ties with its neighbor to halt the border chaos. can continue supporting aggression from colombian territory so i've decided to cut political and diplomatic ties with the fascist colombian government and ambassadors must leave in twenty four hours what next peace talks a truce. i don't know is calling on his vast international support system to up the ante all options are on the table a military conflict is increasingly becoming a real possibility for his way is a country hanging by a thread a third son perilously delicate it could snap at any moment and when it does the outcome will be war no matter whether those u.s.

trucks contained aid weapons or whatever else there's lysle doubt that this special delivery from america has been instrumental tipping point for a country in crisis. we're here in their world at the weekend a benefit concert for venezuela was held in colombia near the border organized by the billionaire richard branson it was initially billed as a huge event an article by the washington post when first published said that two hundred thousand people had actually attended an updated version of the article then gave no attendance figures but said simply the concert was massive and then a third version did remove all reference to the concert or together some people have an eye satellite images with one blog nasa jesting that no more than twenty thousand people were actually there now meanwhile in the u.s. it's not just the media that are voicing concern over venezuela senator marco rubio has tweeted images of the late libyan leader moammar gadhafi as he was about to be brutally murdered the tweet is not captioned but would present during

a favorite theme for rubio's recent messages many are interpreting it as a warning to the venezuelan president. because nothing says human rights like gloating over a human being getting sodomized to death with bionet marco rubio just posted photos of gadhafi being lynched in an open death threat to madeira libya is now a slave state thanks to us you mark the reached piece of who should immediately resign marco rubio is freed has become like a manic paranoid regime change demanding boss account would probably be investigated for suspicious activity by the twitter authorities if he was not a u.s. senator but reaction to the post has not been limited to twitter alone is now a petition to demanding the senate his resignation with accusations rubio is promoting violence against the head of state political analyst chris bambery believes the tweet is a pearl is part of a larger u.s.

propaganda plan. well i think it's all part of a strategy of tension as the americans are building up what the americans are trying to do is put pressure on the military in venezuela to shift to the doura so far that hasn't happened the weakness of the duras position is is that unlike his predecessor hugo chavez face of the coup twenty years ago which as you call a mass movement that was brutal insurrection crackers received to save them. no is almost entirely on the army and the reason that kind of thus far we haven't seen this kind of mass movement coming to his aid so the thousand of those in one job all question is is what attitude the venezuelan militant will take is he going to continue its support for the do and if that's the case the potential for civil war personally i'm cynical about the americans intervening directly because i believe the stomach for it in the united states of america puts the right course to libya

and also the sight of american troops in any white american country brings back memories of america's record on that continent. now the u.s. north korean leaders donald trump and kim jong un are meeting in vietnam this week commenting on the upcoming summit of russia's foreign minister expressed cautious optimism saying that he hopes for a breakthrough regarding denuclearization. also warned that ultimatums would not work. so naturally we are certain that u.s. ultimatums will lead nowhere the u.s. demands that north korea completely eliminate everything related to nuclear weapons and only then would it discuss lifting sanctions it will be trump and came second summit last summer they met in singapore in a recent tweet promised economic prosperity to the north to north korea. abandons its nuclear program adding that quote chairman king came sorry will make a wise decision trump

a source of insisted to you that he would not lift sanctions if it doesn't arise. reports now from the city. perhaps it's still a bit too early to see aid from him get together in washington or pyongyang so once again the organizers opted for somewhere neutral. just by looking at the flag of communist it's immediately clear why chairman kim would certainly feel at home here. as we know the americans have their own special connection to this country but the leaders got in trouble with the vietnamese authorities before they even arrived or rather they're almost famous.

anyway with the hot i wrote spinning spruced up for the big event the real kim has already hit the road he chose to get. by a train and his people looked thrilled to see him no wonder kim has given himself a nice long head start crossing all of china time when the leaders met for the first time. just saying this. was enough to make the summit a real bombshell but no written or signed agreements came out of it now how's that for a preemptive social media trick to break the stalemate chairman kim realizes perhaps better than anyone else that without nuclear weapons his country could fast become one of the greatest economic power was anywhere in the world because of its location and people and him it has more potential for rapid growth than any other

nation making the second summit work is a matter of pristiq for donald trump but will it work the maggie man might have to give something up too could that mean less pentagon involvement in south korea mr kim knows how to play on family guy trumps emotions too it's just been revealed he once said this to america's top diplomat mike compare i'm a father and husband and i have children and i don't want my children to care with a nuclear weapon on their back their whole life this week it's time for donald trump and kim john to do a bit more than just pose for the cameras or send each other romantic letters i've received two letters from chairman kim personal correspondence magnificent very strong letter form incredible letters it's time to agree on and cement something real which makes the vietnam chapter of the camp trump relationship even more

unpredictable than when they first met. while the kim jong un looked like it was mentioned nadya's report there has since been deported from vietnam impersonator said that hanoi didn't have a sense of humor about why he was removed from the country ahead of the summit trump's doppelganger has been allowed to stay but it's not just officials who are preparing for the summit a bar and one or has rolled out a new cocktail featuring a mix of america. and corinne spirits and is said to represent the fiery character of the two leaders the drink is called rocket man apparently a play on one of the insults trump directed that came not so long ago. mimicking the use of trump and kim jong un the this is being provided free of charge as quote a way to promote pace on a more serious note we did speak with. the noir story he's the founder of lawyers for demilitarization and pace in korea and he told us the choice of the host

country for the talks is telling. why i think it's really interesting that they're meeting in vietnam a country that we killed millions of people and had a horrific war after the korean war and a country in which we have formal diplomatic relations now a lot of trade and that the u.s. president is comfortable going there for a summit vietnam i think was something very perhaps symbolic to the koreans it would provide a certain level to kim jong un to travel there to your more comfortable there it's an odd choice if we're not going to make a deal because i mean it took hundreds of meetings to have a deal in the end the vietnam war and people bet and they bet they met again in paris over and over and over again until the paris accords finally ended that war but you know so it is an example of

a long. durance race that we're facing that vietnam represents or is it really the idea that you can have economic success and be able to make peace with people who've been enemies for so long it's a very powerful symbol. you're watching i think it's a happy company deceiving still to come there is a position from like plans to relocate a u.s. military base on the japanese island of okinawa and that some of the stories to come just off the bright. side of financial survival john money laundering first to visit this cash in the three different. oh good that's a good start well we have our three banks all set up here maybe something in your

something in america something overseas in the cayman islands or do we do all these banks are complicit in their tough talk or say we just have to give mccoll and say hey i'm ready to do some serious money laundering ok let's see how we did while we've got a nice luxury watch for max and for stacy oh beautiful jewelry how about. luxury item bill again for max you know what money laundering is highly illegal if you watch cars record. syria when a pullout well doesn't mean a pull out also venezuela how's that regime change going and the boche story you know this breaks it and much much more on this edition of crossfire.

welcome back to r.t. now the people of iraq in our in a referendum have rejected moving a u.s. military base from one part of the japanese island to another it's one of thirty two american sites on the island construction work the planned new location for the base in question though has already begun and despite the referendum result prime minister shinzo abyei looks set to push ahead if the mix. we cannot avoid the necessity of moving through tomorrow said to be the most dangerous place in the world we cannot put this off any longer the basing question is in the city of juneau when and surrounded by schools hospitals and also shops under a deal with the us it's being moved to a less populated part of okinawa in the north called and arco presence there though aren't happy they say the old pay should simply be shut down and not replace.

if you're the. person you're with the i've heard that this referendum has no legal basis but there are many people protesting in every day i hope this referendum will be a show of support to them. and has already begun the japanese government is pushing through that construction by force those oil i'm against the construction of a new base because the base is meant for war that's why i'm against it. u.s. service personnel stationed in japan were reportedly involved in almost ten thousand crimes and accidents in a decade up to twenty thirteen around half of the incidents were on our one of the most notorious cases did happen back in one thousand nine hundred five when three usa this kidnapped and raped a twelve year old girl but we spoke with katherine jane fisher she's a rights activist who says that she was raped in two thousand and two near a u.s. base near tokyo she thinks that relocating this organ our base is not

a solution. most of the american bases are situated on ok no island seventy percent of the bases are on okinawa and the island is so small so you can imagine we have a lot of united states military servicemen there when they drink too much of a hole or if they commit crimes they can easily escape justice as in my case you know the man who raped me i had to look for him myself in ten years because the japanese government and the american military will not help so the more bases that are going to be in okinawa we need to work out ways that they can rally kate these crimes so it's now time for the voices to be heard about how they do not want any more rapes in crimes you know murders against gay people we have had to seven over seventy years seven decades of these crimes happening and what is being done to stop that you know we just had another woman who was murdered you know over

a year or so ago doesn't matter where they're going to put the base it's always going to be some kind of crime that they'll need to tackle and how are they going to do when someone else is murdered when someone else is killed. a new report from the u.n. says that twenty eighteen was the deadliest year in a decade for civilians in afghanistan some four thousand people were killed the report says increased terrorist activity as well as afghan and u.s. military operations to blame for the spike in civilian fatalities meanwhile a fifth round of peace talks between the taliban and the u.s. is being held in cats are on monday what is more aghast you have as more. after almost two decades of war war stops being special it becomes normal like a habit and you know how hard it is to kick the habit same thing here fifth

round of talks between the taliban and the us lots of hope and lots of pessimism there may be peace but the peace will not hold for long if the taliban bypasses local commanders and fighters ideas and views it would be much better that the taliban include some important and effective local taliban commanders in the negotiating team there is history to these talks and then the doha meet she couldn't hush hush all the united states and the taliban they had gold and they bartered and apparently agreed on a u.s. troop withdrawal and then it all collapsed when the united states demanded that the afghan government which the taliban despises also participate there's a discussion but this discussion needs to be shared back to discussion that does not involve the region we will not trust if we don't get all the pieces right one piece alone doesn't suffice russia which has

a huge stake in ending this war also tried to help in early february the then head of the taliban's political faction came here to moscow to take part in another round table. after the foreign forces leave our country the afghans won't have any reason to fight each other because we are a united fraternal people it was big eleven countries participated in these talks even the afghan opposition came taliban was there the u.s. remained aloof and surprisingly with observer status watching in paranoid suspicion russia is again trying to model the u.s. backed peace process and the political situation. so here we are round five new talks the taliban's new political head freshly released from a pakistani jail is going to attend the same topics really potential sees for the

u.s. troop withdrawal and again washington will try to get the afghan government involved just as problematic see the taliban is fractured it has its own factions and centrists and extremists and they all want something different the peace or religious law for the crazies death to america and if the don't get what they want talks and negotiations. and if we're not respected by our leadership and political leaders of the taliban maybe the four it will continue under a different name or by joining islamic state. now than he is tonight top e.u. officials have suggested delaying breaks it warning that britain's prime minister may not be able to keep a pledge to get a deal by the end of march however treason may has hit back branding those remarks

unproductive so let's get more details now marty joins us from the u.k. good evening polly the you there not convinced that may might get that breaks that deal before the deadline now and all this is being discussed at a european arab league summit in egypt where a lot of european leaders have turned up it's been a pretty jam packed schedule of meetings and speech is some big name politicians taking to the stage for example the european commission president jiang claude young take a listen to what happened when he was on stage. as usual. my words. happens to everyone outside of the official agenda we got to see politicians relaxing in a rather more informal atmosphere we got some pictures courtesy of the italian

leader of the reason may trying to play a bit of pool which i have to say is almost as good as dancing but her inability to play pool is the least of the u.k. leaders' problems right now anyway it's a reason a goes questions about brags it follow her and this egyptian summit was no exception to reason they gave a press conference there where she managed not to say anything new at all which is really classic to reason may she simply reiterated that she hasn't managed to secure any changes to the e.u. withdrawal deal just yet despite the fact that brags it is thirty two days away she's rubbish the increasingly popular idea of delaying bragg's it take a listen. any delay is a delay it doesn't address the issue it doesn't resolve the issue it's within our grasp to leave with

a deal on the twenty ninth of march that's where all of my and the jews are going to be focused well there she is sticking to her guns saying you've really got to vote for my deal and a lot of people say that that's her tactic wait until the u.k. gets to the precipice to the cliff edge of bragg's it and then hold a vote for the politicians hoping that they'll prefer her deal to no deal scenario and you saw her saying that a delay won't work but that's not what many politicians in the u.k. including now some of her very own cabinet ministers seem to think they're breaking their side. some of them saying that a delay is really the best step to take now in order to avoid crashing out of the club and it also happens to be an idea that donald the e.u. council president is also reluctantly in favor of take a listen. discussed yes to the

a lot of issues. the legal and procedural context of the book doesn't show extension will face an alternative chaotic break or extension i believe that the situation extension would be russian a solution so london and brussels still on very different pages in their assessment of how this will play out the dutch prime minister mark rutte said he was even more blunt in his assessment he went father and warned that the u.k. could be sleepwalking its way to a chaotic no deal scenario of course the hardline euro skeptics say it will say that all that hard talk from the europeans is just negotiating bluster and tactics but others will say that if this is all a game of brinkmanship between london and brussels well it's a pretty dangerous one because brags that day is just thirty two days away on the

twenty ninth of march it's foster approaching isn't it not far away at all ok thanks for the update that was our tea party boy with the latest on breaks. and thank you for watching to see just coming up to half past six here in moscow but back again thirty minutes. after returns here we're going underground is about the u.k. pm driesum a returns from bricks that talks in egypt coming over the show.