dr so get informed. we're going to do the things that need to be done to make sure the people's voice that democracy reigns and that there's a brighter future of the people of. washington says it will take any action necessary to ensure what he calls a transition to democracy in venezuela that is bloody violence between pro and anti-government protesters shows no sign of abating also to come this hour a referendum sees that people can now reject plans to relocate u.s. military bases from one part of the japanese island to another the locals fear it will happen anyway. the japanese government is pushing through that construction by force there are many people protesting every day. for his second meeting with the

north korean leader kim jong un we look at how the host nation of vietnam is getting ready for the summer. so good evening welcome just gone seven pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now the u.s. vice president mike pence is in colombia to discuss as he puts it of the venezuela crisis pen's has already met the self-proclaimed interim president and colombian president. the u.s. vice president is set to announce america's concrete steps and further actions on venezuela as tensions ramp up the u.s. secretary of state. said that washington will come to the aid of those. wanting to

present dura by any means necessary. and wonder stand 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 or the term or him venezuela has been heightened by the debate over whether to allow u.s. aid into the country trucks of surprise have amassed on the borders with colombia and brazil and this has led to clashes that checkpoint between opposition supporters and those loyal to him or dora the president theory is the lorries could be carrying weapons at least four people have died with hundreds injured safer.

while recent photographs of an aid truck which had been torched did lead to a wave of accusations against forces loyal to my daughter oh pictures which emerge later and to make sure our forces trying to save the aid from the fire have been used against the police however other videos to suggest a fire bomb from the opposition forces may have hit the truck. was.

the violence to intensify on the u.s. ramps up is and to do it rhetoric there are concerns that a direct intervention in venezuela is on the cards as more. while aid is usually the case to 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 material had called a u.s. orchestrated show designed to induce the 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 us and the bolivian president. evo morales concurred calling the cargo

a trojan horse to provoke war so just how pointers thought things on folding when he issued an ultimatum is unclear rallying his supporters on mass to bring the u.s. trucks across the border is undoubtedly for kerry a position to put people in especially when the military remains loyal to the president naturally it resulted in this. with the outlook for mature looking increasingly bleak attention has now turned to those who continue to support him but venezuelan military are being urged to abandon their loyalties then choose the side of washington. venezuela's military has a choice embrace democracy protect civilians and allow in humanitarian aid all face more sanctions an 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 us 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 sickening 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 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 in 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 ways 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 this ambassador's 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 an as well is a country hanging by a thread a third so 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 an instrumental tipping point for a country in crisis. well also 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 thirst published actually said that two hundred thousand people attended it an updated version of the art school gave no attendance figures though but simply said the concert was massive and then a third version removed all reference to the concert altogether some people have analyzed satellite images with one blog now suggesting that no more than twenty

thousand people were actually there now in the u.s. it's not just the media that are voicing concerns 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 caption with president dorado 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 by a night 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 it was not a u.s. senator reaction to the post has not been limited to twitter there's now

a petition to demanding the senator's resignation with accusations rubio is promoting violence against the head of state political analyst chris bambery believes the tweet 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 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 in caracas which saved to save them. no. 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 thousand one job dollar 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. the u.s. the north korean leaders donald trump and kim jong un meeting in vietnam this week commenting on the upcoming summit russia's foreign minister expressed cautious optimism saying he hopes for a breakthrough regarding denuclearization. or stay warm that ultimatums would not work. someone actually we are certain that u.s. ultimatums will lead nowhere what the u.s. demands that north korea completely eliminate everything related to nucular weapons and only then would discuss lifting sanctions but it will be trump and came second summit last summer they met in singapore in

a recent tweet donald trump promised economic prosperity to north korea if ping yang abandons its nuclear program and he also added kim will make a wise decision trump has also insisted that he would not lift sanctions of pyongyang doesn't denuclearize artie's labor trenker reports now from the host city of annoying. perhaps it's still a bit too early to see a trump kim get together in washington or pyongyang so once again the organizers opted for somewhere neutral. just by looking at the flag of communist vietnam it's immediately clear why chairman kim would certainly feel at home here almost 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

a statement lookalikes did. 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 to vietnam via train and his people looked thrilled to see him no wonder kim has given himself a nice long head start crossing all of china takes 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 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 pristine for donald trump but will it work the mega man might have. give something up to 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 a husband and i have children and i don't want my children to carry the nuclear weapon on their back their whole life this week it's time for donald trump and cam john to do a bit more than just pose for the cameras or send each other romantic letters i've received two letters from. my personal correspondence magnificent very strong

letter form incredible it's time to agree on and cement something real which breaks the vietnam chapter of the camp cropper relationship even more unpredictable than when they first met. kim jong. il he did mention his report is apparently since been deported from vietnam impersonators had no he didn't have a sense of humor although trump's doppelganger there has been allowed to stay now it's not only officials who are busy preparing for the summit in hanoi has rolled out a new cocktail featuring a mix of american and korean spirits and he said to represent the fiery character of the two leaders the drink is called rocket man apparently a play on one of the trump directed it came not so long ago the model barbershop two was offering haircuts mimicking those of trump and kim jong is being provided free of charge as quote a way to promote pace on

a more serious note we did speak with. he's the founder of lawyers for demilitarization and pacing career 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 fuel 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 met and they met and 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 at least for so long it's a very powerful symbol. still to come over the next few minutes there is mounting opposition from locals evil plans to relocate a u.s. military base on the japanese island of okinawa some of the stories to come just off the press. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then.

syria when a pullout well doesn't mean a pull out also venezuela how is that regime change going and the boche story you know news breaks it and much much more on this edition of crossfire. my thought of could be is that i will accept the idea of course this will be ocean without by listening as they're going the border that is over six to seven with your was it about is it's covered. we are going to be slipping i i underline the snipping and go one step below i underline which means that we will be living living in it before one is did situation the other for his life it will find itself neither the jewish as they claim nor do i woke up because they're clear.

again the people of a canal in a referendum have rejected anything a u.s. military base from one part of the japanese island to another it is one of thirty two american sites on the island construction work the planned new location for the base in question has actually begun and despite the referendum result prime minister shinzo abyei looks set to push ahead with the. we cannot avoid the necessity of moving through ten month said to be the most dangerous basin the world we cannot put this off any longer. the base in question is in the city of juneau when and surrounded by schools hospitals in the shops under a deal with the us it is being moved to a less populated part of the island in the north korea called and their co residents there aren't happy they say the old debate should simply be shut down and not replaced. so if you're 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. you will learn reclamation has already begun the japanese government is pushing through the construction by force so i'm against the construction of a new base because the base is manned for war that's why i'm against it while 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. and one of the most notorious cases did happen back in one thousand nine hundred five when three u.s. sailors kidnapped and raped a twelve year old girl we spoke to 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. 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 vary kate these crimes so it's now time for the voices to be heard about how they do not want any more rapes and crimes you know murders against their 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 it doesn't matter where they're going to put the base there is always

going to be some kind of crime that they will need to tackle and how are they going to do when someone else is murdered when someone else is killed. 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 over the line by the end of march however treason may has hit back branding those remarks some productive you leaders have converged on egypt to discuss some pressing issues including brics is. reports. well 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 speeches 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. is

usually. 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 reason may trying to play a bit of pool which i have to say is almost as good as her dancing but her inability to play pool is the least of the u.k. leaders problems right now anyway it's a reason may goes questions about briggs 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 now 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 brags that 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 but that's not what many politicians here in the u.k. including now some of the. very own cabinet ministers seem to think they're breaking their silence 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 turse could the e.u. council president is also reluctantly in favor of. the scotia the a lot of issues. the legal and procedural conflicts over extension

. turkey. bridgette or excursion. to the situation in the. 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 he was even more blunt in his assessment he went further and warned that the u.k. could be sleepwalking its way to a chaotic no deal scenario of course the hardline euro skeptics here 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 bragg's it day is just thirty two days away on the

twenty ninth of march it's fast approaching. now 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 terrorist activity as well as gun and u.s. military operations are to blame for the spike in civilian fatalities meanwhile the fifth round of peace talks between the taliban and the u.s. is being held in cats are today. 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 but when 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 one 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. in the began it's done so here we are round five new talks the taliban's new political head freshly released from a pakistani jail is going to attend same topics really but she's for the u.s. troop withdrawal and again washington will try to get the afghan government involved just as problematic to 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 they don't get what they want talks and negotiations. if we're not respected by our leadership and political leaders of the taliban maybe the fighting will continue under a different name or by joining islamic state or against the of reporting there when a taliban spokes person to tell us the key issues to be resolved at the talks. that these commanders that you've talked to a part of on the edge of doing our political team talks with the americans regarding peace and other issues concerning our political team the representatives of every sector of the taliban and al majid being trust in our leadership and always the bay the leader of the taliban. both sides

agree to live with drawls americans from afghanistan and guarantees afghanistan will be used against laboring countries a technical team no need to work out how and when the americans leave. the important issue is the occupation of afghanistan by the americans and other countries which have soldiers in the country with the us leaving they will also have to leave because they only came here to support america these countries have also grown tired of the core of your malaise the news from athens and company tonight here in r.t. we're back again with the headlines and more stories at the top of.