when. you're the monkey and the rule. is made day right now here in moscow in the headlines from r.t. the united states says all options are still on the table when it comes to venezuela this week and they've also slapped the crisis hit country with more sanctions for not allowing u.s. aid convoys to enter. washington threatens to close chinese language and cultural centers across the u.s. or forced teachers to register as foreign agents and. tens of thousands of students skipped school in france and germany and a few other countries to demonstrate over climate change we'll tell you why they

are so unhappy. to do where you want to run the world or say just to midday here in moscow this is art international kevin i we're live from h.q. and our top story the u.s. special envoy for venezuela says all options are still on the table when it comes to the cross' stricken country the remark by elliot abrams came in response to a warning from russia's foreign minister who believes that washington is planning military intervention. knowing the approach of the current us administration i wouldn't be surprised if it takes action that violates any reasonable standards of international law especially when the u.s. special envoy in venezuela at the un elliot abrams makes no secret that his functions don't include looking for a peaceful settlement he only creates tensions and situations that might trigger as the u.s. wants an explosion and bloodbath in venezuela to justify military interference. for

mr lavrov for. fifteen years. known him for quite a while i don't. think you actually believe that we're attempting to to do that and i think as you know you're not it didn't you that we continue to say and we always will that all options are on the table because they always are but i think anyone who actually looks at american policy in venezuela would not reach that conclusion a brazil earns new u.s. sanctions or six individuals vote as well as security forces for not allowing u.s. aid convoys into the country last week worth bearing in mind back in the ninety day tease this man defended smuggling weapons to nicaraguan rebels but then disguised as a crucially when he was assistant secretary of state or back to the present after announcing the new restrictions abrams was pressed by a journalist about the us is current approach to venezuela i'm wondering are you.

in the administration at all concerned that the initial. for lack of a better word excitement over when the recognition is losing some momentum and in giving given the majority of the seem to be going anywhere he certainly not taking the national security adviser's advice to those on the beach outside of it as well i wish him a long quiet retirement on a pretty beach far from venezuela and the sooner he takes advantage of that the center is likely to have a nice quiet retirement on a pretty beach rather than being in some other beach area like guantanamo so are you concerned that you're losing momentum and then such and relieve that. there is one member of congress in particular has a senator who has suggested the might meet the same fate as good off the libya and i just that help or hurt you or your cause or your efforts to build

momentum. i'm not actually going to get into that commenting on what particular senators are then forget it. forget it forget the line about any senator to do comparisons between with duro and and suggesting that he might meet the fate of the do that does that help your cause i'm not going to get into that other than to say that i think that. dictatorships come to an end some last for a very long time. others a much shorter time this one in venezuela will also come to an end we hope that it comes to an end quickly and peacefully he something said about it said but not only by the united states and they should remain to see meetings he doesn't isn't it he stated what it was that he said it's to try and get a these are guys this is the red lines why don't you think and then they said the man in the united nations security council clients and being defeated and it's ok

since then to push on it clinton said. push to try to bring through me close form well the call to military needing to call on us also failed miserably and now on way though it's also the country and many of the people here as an. ambassador socially are not because they would have been not to live in a sort of completely i live in a convent in. the us is also canceled the visas of forty nine venezuelan representatives aligned with president maduro it says that anyone that steals from the venezuelan people or undermines democracy end quote isn't welcome in the united states that of latin american studies at london's middlesex university told us the u.s. is pulling out all the stops to achieve its goal right now venezuela. to believe in a swirl of stately the million. dollars drum the pressure from the united states in particular almost exclusively on the military literally. three years again

and again through those who are shown. through blackmail you name it got those words what is it going on beyond the scenes and so far they go almost nothing and mr abrams is exactly the person. so this is jim concerned therefore that confirms not only won't always hit it but the united states is going to school something much more dramatic. china's language and cultural centers could face closure in the u.s. after a senate report out allege that they're being used by beijing to influence the minds of the public document also claims the confucius institutes like transparency and it suggest chinese teachers should register as foreign agents caliber weapons got that story this saturday lunchtime. u.s. leaders have been very upset over alleged foreign influence and meddling of late and they've discovered a new source of terror behold the vast chai cum conspiracy the confucian institute

. a new report issued by the u.s. congress says that the dance workshops and traditional cooking classes here are no laughing matter in fact they're part of a communist plot to get inside of your brain through confucius institutes the chinese government is attempting to change the impression in the united states and around the world that china is an economic and security threat so let's go over their alleged crimes shall we the centers classes apparently describe china as a compassionate and friendly country the centers are funded by gifts from the chinese mainland and apparently there is not total transparency when it comes to the cultural centers operations so we decided to stop by the offices of the confucian institute where classes are being held here in lower manhattan and see if the people realize that they're being sucked in by

a vast chinese conspiracy against our american way of life so do you feel like a foreign agent. a foreign agent do you feel threatened by existing this china institute where they give language classes and such you know maybe a little bit. you know china's a little you know not something i could imagine china doing do you feel like it's in co-creating propaganda here i have. i think the entire world is terrible right now better for it also beyond the fact that the confusion institute is linked to chinese language classes in american schools that's right because of this institute a lot of young children might actually learn to speak the mandarin language and we all know there's nothing more dangerous to world peace than cultural understanding this type of activity teaching one. which is in culture is not going to move the needle for china in any way politically in terms of how people see china the claim

from the us senate report is propaganda propaganda chinese surprise surprise have a world view that's different than americans f.b.i. director testified to the senate that these are also acting as intelligence collection agencies so chinese intelligence has been embedded all over the united states for decades there are so many chinese and united states working to bury critical positions in security and technology areas to companies military commercial everything the question is do they need the confucius institute to continue that mission probably they don't my expectation going forward is that the u.s. will continue put pressure to close these institute. this last week tens of thousands of students skipped school in france germany and belgium to demonstrate of a climate change of the kolo governments to tackle the issue they feel so strongly about it the part of a growing youth movement which has seen similar action to several other countries to.

i. i. see. we're not satisfied with the policy has been implemented today and very marginalizing to show we disagree was born is going on and to ask for radical and immediate change that we are here because the i don't want doing anything what people say they use is the future so i think it's up to us to do something. about it. thank you oh no it's interesting about this group i've been doing this for years i know what i'm doing you come in here and you say it has to be my way or the highway i don't respond to that while activists behind this recent youth led climate set of protests published an open letter ahead of the global day of action on the fifteenth of march the demanding decision makers around the globe

take responsibility further they warn that their movement cannot be stopped no although the youth strikes for climate movement as it's called is not centrally organized it's fun this inspiration for this young lady fifty year old gretta thumb the swedish teenager is one of the first youth activists to publicly raise awareness of climate issues for she's been busy she's lived the speech of the world economic forum in davos she's addressed the u.n. climate change conference in poland she's spoken to the e.u. in brussels in fact according to time magazine grettir here is among the top twenty five most influential teams of twenty eight in good honor. we are striking because we have done our homework and they have not. the was and yes we are angry we are angry because the older generations are continue to sealing our future right now and they are continue to doing this and we will not let them do that anymore. what despite these marches

being set up locally that's not stopped some senior politicians suspecting maybe a sinister influence from elsewhere. in germany children are protesting over climate protection it's an important concern but you can't imagine that all german children after years and without any outside influence come up with idea that they have to take part in this protest i know who is behind this movement bose the son did in one stray sions and the truants i have also been told that from state security i can guarantee that i do not see ghosts alone and that clemens a ministry sions are more than spontaneous actions of solidarity with their client so on to a smoking trail or not while out he spoke to journalist john galt and social and environmental justice composer george barda. this is clearly being encouraged and i would suggest he even being promoted by left wing snowflake teachers the place for children during school time enjoying term time is in the classroom if they want to

get involved in politics that's great but this is clearly being orchestrated think this is just a way of trying to muddy the waters around the messenger rather than focus on the message from these children which is that politicians must do what is required to have any chance of assuring a decent future if these children want to demonstrate they can use the weekend they don't do it during school time no one's disagreeing with children being involved in politics what is wrong is the air of sperm to sponsor will nature of your defense which is you think it's perfectly ok for kids to skip lessons these are children they should be at school getting educated for which we all pay our taxes for a bit like saying people should go to work so why of a strike why have they undertake an strikes of last couple hundred years it's precisely because kids do need to be going to for who need their early word man and have a working on her side because to withdraw their labor you're talking about children

children should be going to school less weight agitators a lot of those hmong should not be encouraging them to skip it that conceived it soar as her way of interacting the same kind of withholding of her labor which in this case obviously is not labor for money because she's a child she can always win why it is so much what you know polite and you understand this is a serious issue but nothing like the action that is now absolutely necessary and can't be delayed nothing other than that gets us to where we need to be do you not think the children's education is important do you not think this disrupts the whole school not only for the people who are protesting but for the other children as well these are children you should not be encouraging them they should be told to get back to their classrooms children need to understand the facts if they want to have. views they can no problem whatsoever but in a week they should be doing double math or by ology not out on the streets you are failing to engage with the seriousness of this crisis and therefore with that

reason only i wouldn't have taken such an exception. equally the only thing that children can withdraw in a way that is disruptive and this is the analogy of the sharing is very kind exactly and they are children that understand much better than most of us it seems that their future state. sort of on both sides of the divide next story in the face of the migrant crisis many countries of europe have building walls and fences against illegal immigration and that denmark has almost finished well on its border with germany but this is going to rather different type of migrants in mind as our europe correspondent peter all of that president trump isn't the only one calling for border walls to be built built that they are built that way ah. seventy kilometers straight to. the city center. and like.

this one is close to finishing it technically it's moved and it's. so who is this wall designed to keep out not rapists not murderers not drug smugglers not even close but all that trump was so concerned about this fence is designed to teeth out while the ball. it's to stop the spread of african swine fever from germany into denmark thing is though that hasn't been documented case of the virus in germany to date the danes decision his opposite the mayor of one german border town who says this whole thing goes against the new ideal visible border. we do not consider this proportionate this is rather counterproductive the danes erecting the fence say they understand the frustration of their german neighbors but insist that it's necessary.

especially with the with. this she. said that this is that there have been outbreaks of african swine fever in belgium and in eastern europe the virus spreads very quickly there is no cure there is no vaccine and it kills just about every animal that it infects in fact the only real good news is that it's not known to be any threat to humans there's twice as many pigs as their own people in denmark and the annual exports of pig meat from the country said to be worth as much as four billion euros not so mention thirteen thousand jobs directly linked to the industry just one case you know while for one case in a domestic peak there's enough to close the export so that's why we have three well

we don't know if your parent in china and south korea they close will totally export from a country if they know it's a country stricken by ethical swine fever to the same happened in the in czech republic same as happened in the first human angry over and for that matter in forty states and we suspect that that in single haven't done much a border barrier a multi-billion euro export industry and a potentially fatal pandemic it's not a good time to be a wild boar in denmark however they are very adept jumpers swimmers and even tunnel is so they sport a wall may prove to be is fruitless is the critics of donald trump's think his whale peter all of a gemini you can respond to see a parable rise beyond. coming up check in on the potential a hot spot story this weekend still. pakistan india report along the disputed region of kashmir continue as those two nuclear powers continue to tussle for

control among the stories just ahead. you know world a big part of. law and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. manufactured. public wealth. when the ruling classes

project themselves. in the frame of. the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. to the weekend day here in moscow now tension between india and pakistan shows no sign of abating overnight three civilians killed in cross border shelling pakistan says indian troops targeted villages along the line of control in kashmir the standoff between new delhi there's llama birds really escalated dramatically of late since that terror attack on an indian police convoy last month killed at least

forty officers the latest violence comes a day after an indian fighter pilot was captured by star and after his jet was shot that was returned home to his country made big news that transfer held along the border between the two countries all televised live big audience pakistan's prime minister described the move as a peace gesture as i'm about also released a video recording made while that pilot was in custody here's some of it it was york which morning i was trying to look for the target when i was shot down by the pakistani air force as soon as i rejected my parachute opened and i came down i had a pistol with me i tried to run and people chased me their emotions were running high and then two pakistani army officials came to save me in pakistani army captain save me from the people and did not let any harm come to me but they took me to their unit where i was given a first grade school kashmir locals shared their fears over the intensified conflict now saying that when the shelling comes it is mostly civilians that suffer . i'm here to tell you go look at him get it limiting so you won't be as he looked

when did he get leave to get. good like the dividends on us now do you not understand him yes i thought it was only like this and. now. i find many of. you. other news a gyptian authorities for arrested six people in connection with that deadly train crash in cairo earlier this week that claimed twenty two lives egypt's transport minister has resigned over the incident which is said to been triggered by a brawl between two train drivers one allegedly then leaving the brakes off i went as is described the horror that unfolded around them. look at it that we saw smoke come from inside the station and people were screaming

we hurried to the station the fire was spreading out it was horrible. luck i mean but i think it odd there are so dead bodies but many dead bodies are sort of picked some flesh on the floor of the train was carrying a many people sick i started out i removed nearly twenty dead bodies from and carried them to the ambulance all were completely burned. but all the video. to try to put out everything in front of the first used wire then i realized that if you pour water on wounds the hurt more we started using fire extinguishers but that didn't work and we took the blankets which we had in archaeopteryx and we started covering people with them during the incident i ran and saw people burning in front of my eyes sick and i don't know why i was running back and forth coming up that was the most horrible thing i've ever seen in my life

like i'm a people dying right in front of you and you can do nothing about it thank god i did my best and saved somebody thank god but the chairman don't back up. at least seventeen palestinian protesters have reportedly been injured as clashes continue on the israel gaza border demonstrations have been taking place every friday for most a year now as part of the great march of return. cut. cut cut cut. cut. cut cut cut cut cut cut cut. cut. cut cut out of the public according to the israeli army nearly eight thousand took part in the anti occupation demonstrations protesters threw stones in the burned tires back out then the israeli side responded with tear gas among the injured were journalists and

paramedics on. the side to this but all very relevant former commander in chief of the israeli navy admiral m.-e. island called into question his country's approach to arab israeli relations here's a little of what he told our sophie shevardnadze you can watch the full interview at r.t. dot com. ideals two state solution is accepted by israelis but but we have to be very very conscious that. we shouldn't get. peace and we shall not get more violence and mortar it seems that my government the israeli administration do not have any interest in creating any kind of peace process or any kind of negotiations that we lead to a better future for israelis and for the palestinians we do not see their narrative they do not see our narrative and what we really need is

someone from outside in the past we had the americans we lost because. they lost the palestinians so they say cannot intermediate between us and the palestinians so somebody from outside should come and telling us look from outside this is exactly what i see. that's it for me so far this saturday or out international for the rest the team on duty this weekend have a good saturday sunday. welcome to max kaiser financial survival guide. looking for

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and son of a murdered human rights wiped out for new can killed with collusion between m i five and terrorists all the civil coming up in today's going underground but first while the e.u. looks away from democratically elected politicians in court in madrid and today's demonstrations in france where thousands have been injured while not an american nation accuse your human rights abuses will be equally lord no not venezuela but the largest country in latin america brazil here is the now jailed presidential candidate speaking on r.t. to former ecuadorian president rafael correa before he was banned from running for president again. your friends are coming out of my party wants me to run for president they support my candidacy and i'm ready to win the election and it is possible to restore brazil's economy to make sure that we see economic growth again create new jobs and help the poor become less poor and they know that i can achieve those things if they don't want to but who are the v.a. because this is what lunas lawyer queen's counselor an internationally renowned

human rights barrister geoffrey robertson q.c. said on monday's show there is a mentality in the jug juice. determent matter what to keep him in prison so the whole scenario has a clear run would have beaten both so naro not according to the brazilian embassy in london they told going underground unfortunately the words of mr geoffrey robinson do not correspond to the truth in brazil the judiciary is fully independent and due process of law is faithfully observed the specific case of former president lula has already been analyzed by different judges in different levels of jurisdiction mr robinson suggestion the president lula's conviction to be politically motivated is completely absurd and a touch from reality the full statement is on our you tube channel website certainly brazil looms over the u.k.'s post rex it landscape with perceived threats that a deal with bolton or a government on beef carrier.