president. about the crisis gripping the country for more than a month sharing. for the opposition leader. country but their plan won't work and we have decided to protect our country. one hundred percent of the group. around the world.

chinese language and cultural. states get reaction from the students. do you feel threatened by existing this china institute where they get language classes and such. something i could imagine china doing i think the entire world. thanks for joining us. tonight you very well come with us on the program. the venezuelan vice president told me that american political pressure is doing more harm than good to the country's citizens and accuse the washington backed opposition leader of trying to steal the election. has been talking in depth. now run away already he's sorry do we know the u.s. uses fake financial help in order to overthrow the governments of other countries

then israel is about fake financial help they don't want to help economically financially to help with provision with medicines to help commercially and in the twenty third of february the whole world saw that they brought instruments of violence to venezuela and not eight hour repeat there is nothing new in this they export violence to countries but their plan won't work in venezuela we have decided to protect our country president donald trump has put a face to the united states' imperialist policy its a policy of cheating and threatening those put in not submit to their wishes instructions and interests specifically venezuela east after a day of united states has moved to sanctions six one as well and security forces personnel for preventing convoys of authorized usaid into the country last week that's on top of measures against the oil industry and other attempts by washington to force nicolas maduro from office as well as the largest oil reserves in the

world u.s. sanctions have blocked seven billion dollars worth of a state owned companies assets to protect itself and as a way in order to stay to oil companies european h.q. to move to moscow vice president audrey has told us the u.s. is going against international law. in fact the americans are pursuing a predatory policy appropriating venezuela's assets and therefore violating the legitimate interests of our country violates all existing international investment groups aswell europe where venezuela's accounts were frozen we have already begun to take specific legal steps we hired lawyers to protect our interests primarily with regard to our gold which is now illegally withheld by the bank of england we also began to take measures for venezuela's legal protection we're talking about the theft of the israel and assets which was organized by the united states and venezuela has the right to protect its legitimate interests as for the transfer of the p.d. vs a office from europe to moscow this is connected with the expansion of the

corporation of the russian company in the fall of the ground and the feel of oil and gas together with the european office of d.v.s. a other branches of the company will also move to moscow. self-proclaimed interim leader is promising that he will get u.s. aid into the troubled nation president maduro suspects washington eight is not what it seems the man appointed to lead the united states for his violent efforts is that abrams back and i said a.t.c. defended smuggling weapons than the krug one rebels discards there's a while he was assistant secretary of state after announcing the new restrictions abrams was pressed about washington's current approach on caracas and 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 venezuela 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 said senator who has suggested the might meet the same fate as get off the libya and 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 saying 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. i'm 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 ahead of latin american studies that were seen as middlesex university says the u.s. is putting out a list stops to get its own way. people in minutes who are deeply the military signal i n c soldiers drawn the pressure from the united states in particular almost exclusively on the military literally. could three years again and again through those who are shown. through blackmail you name it got those words what is it going on behind the scenes and so far they go almost nothing and mr

abrams is exactly the person. so this is jane concerned therefore that confirms not only way to always be fitted by the united states going to school something much more dramatic. u.s. backed forces in syria have launched an assault on what they call the last i saw held area near the iraqi border artie's arabic channel has been to document life right now. but i let me just say when i saw the devil last time you hear some of these. remember one.

of them. in the. election that. you. know damon and i had the same demo and a diet short of the lead then day diet should be anyway due to gender that had died my mother died i do live here while of the can go on enough let me have to be near . them e l b know me i'm the village of buy booze has been a hot spot for the syrian democratic forces for several weeks they say hundreds of civilians withdrew from the area a day before the attack most were children and women some of whom gave birth while married to ice or fighters a syrian democratic forces spokesman claims the operation will be swift. spin advancing on two fronts into dire shall territory since yesterday evening heavy

clashes are taking place at the moment three s.t.'s fighters are wounded so far no information on isis casualties yet we expected to be over soon now the author of inside syria reese talked to me earlier he thinks that the u.s. overestimate its role in defeating islamic state especially after donald trump had already declared mission complete just a few days ago. we just took over you know you kept hearing it was ninety percent ninety two percent the caliphate in syria now it's one hundred percent we just took over one hundred percent caliphate that means the area the land we just have a hundred percent that as usual president trump is playing fast and loose with the truth and he's censor exaggerate things and i was interesting to me that he said we have taken back control i think there's a strong view in washington that the u.s. is now controlling parts of syria not something that either the s.d.f.

or the syrian people are interested in having long term the us didn't hasn't defeated completely anyone the problem is it's even if it is defeated as a force controlling actual territory it has its origins as a terrorist group training suicide bombers having small cell actions the danger is that they go back to what they were originally doing in care of these kinds of terrorist attacks which are very difficult to stop i think trumps instincts are to pull troops out of syria and afghanistan in order to ratchet up u.s. aggression in places like iran and venezuela you can't continue to occupy other countries indefinitely when the people of those countries don't want you there and that's certainly the that's the thing about the trump administration. siberia will play host to some well to last winter sports action for the next couple of weeks

thousands of outlets will be competing for medals in this is. and saturday evening russian president vladimir putin kicked things off for the official opening ceremony sports correspondent alexei you know chef ski was that. the twenty nine winter universidad is officially open now we witness the colorful opening ceremony in this beautiful brand new complex behind me more than three thousand athletes jammed packing this complex they have come from fifty countries across the world for the third ever university out on this soil no one was held

back in soviet days in the russian capital moscow another one was held not so long ago in the beautiful city of twenty thirteen now for the first time russia holds the winter here in the heart of siberia the city of najaf now in the case of these athletes we're talking about students who are also athletes they haven't made professional career as an athlete yet but they are definitely the future of sports for many countries that's why the representation here is pretty huge we actually went with my cameraman to a local you village that's where the athletes live and train and we've seen very friendly delegations from different countries i would say probably the asian countries have a bigger representation the huge delegation from china big also delegation from kazakhstan from japan and also huge delegations from countries like norway sweden and even canada some trip from across the world to come here to cross and i was going to hot of siberia we spoke to some of these athletes for the experiences here

in siberia before you feel very welcome you know after after a few days here that were adjusted and definitely enjoying the experience it was amazing playing in front of all these chance they're very dedicated very passionate fans and it was amazing to hear them screaming the whole game no matter what it was it was just something i've never experienced as something i'm going to cherish forever it's really surreal to be here in this really amazing because obviously it's a different landscape to will be used to in england and obviously the temperature is a different a little bit colder than. one of the athletes who have come here to the winter you need to grassley as desirous. actually is a figure skater from believe it or not the united arab emirates probably the only major figure skater right now in the country but she has managed to reduce it i support in a very certain way she is allowed to wear the job during her performances something that the few the federation had to change the rules and they did it for one athlete

when now obviously applied to everyone else she talked. about her experiences here then you go out on her aspirations so. it's the first time my female athlete from the united arab emirates has competed in this discipline and the first time wearing a hitch up this is my first international tournament and winter university as well if there are any conscious in russia i will try to participate in them there are a lot of major ice skating events hosted in russia this board is very developed in this country i hope i will come here again and train even in the summer for the next ten days will be witnessing seventy six medals up for grabs here. in the eleven different types of sports that is obviously snowboarding skiing curling and all of the major winter sports. one interesting thing slogan one of the slogans on the winter is one hundred percent real wind and that's something that has been lacking. because the weather has been pretty warm last three or four degrees

centigrade every day we've seen the slopes where the majority of the competitions will be taking place and there is enough snow so snowboarders and skiers have nothing to worry about obviously we'll be keeping you up to date in the next ten days on how the universe. more people have been killed as clashes between india and pakistan show no sign of coming to hold story after this break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. and spearing dramatic development the only move really i'm going to do exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful and very critical time to

sit down and talk. to. the folks who played the money when they want more money they just print more money they don't rely on the workers to go and produce stuff that they have to go sell and then make a profit on the stuff they sell you don't see that in the car industry anymore it's become financial you don't see it on the property market any more spend financial eyes you don't see the manufacturing in the u.s. has been exported to china and financial lives commodified securitized. american as a worker is completely redundant the same as they are around the world wages are converging and they converge at the wages in china so china wages are roughly i think four or five thousand dollars a year this is where the american wages are headed. swati international paris another french cities

a witness to get over to government for the sixteenth straight weekend deployed tear gas to disperse the protest. saturday saw another saw as it all turned out in the capital it's estimated around seven thousand people took part in the marches on friday president macron again appealed for calm to avoid some of the violent scene in previous weeks all began as a grassroots rally over fuel prices has long since broadened into wider anger at the president's handling of the economy. because they should at least meet one of

our demands to show they are listening to us that we are not doing this for nothing that fuel prices are rising and they were supposed to be frozen four year old prices are increasing in the supermarkets to ten percent on products it's the opposite of what we want. we want them to give the purchasing power back to the people of the lower back on essential crowd is the greatest the citizens initiative referendum those are the two essential demands this long as they don't give us that we will not stop. something this that people in difficult times people who have a hard time surviving and salaries i think constant and. logical mass which the masses against police violence have many different messages the. tension between india and pakistan shows no sign of abating at least eight people

have been killed as fighting along the border continues pakistan says indian troops targeted villages along the line of control in kashmir. six of the dead are reportedly civilians the standoff between india and pakistan has escalated dramatically since a terror attack on an indian police convoy killed at least forty officers last month.

a south asian politics and security expert someone to misrata told us he believes there are internal and external factors preventing a swift peaceful solution what we are seeing at the moment is the low intensity conflict on the ground and this is going to go on so what you need to remember here is that although the pakistani prime minister region the indian captured pilot. there's a lot of history at the high end that combat has to do with the phrase he's personally coming from the united states saudi arabia and united i mean it's kind of forced pakistan to think that what you said that it took in fact the pakistani military establishment is not entirely obvious that this how could neither of these parties want to. go down the part of the sound in pakistan the army has destroyed so that is a military establishment which is there for a while and india we have a nationalist. party who choose craving for some kind of contractors pakistan

which would give it to claxon hundred milers in the forthcoming election. china's language and cultural centers could face closure in the united states after a senate report allege they're being used by beijing to influence the minds of the public document also claims the confucius institutes lack of transparency and suggests trying these teachers should register as foreign agents kayla morgan has the story. u.s. leaders have been very upset over alleged foreign influence and meddling of late and they've discovered a new source of terror. 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 get language classes and such you know maybe a little bit. you know china is a little you know not something i could imagine china doing do you feel like it's in co-creating propaganda here i have no right i think the entire world is terrible

right now better for it also but 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 address to world peace than cultural understanding this type of activity teaching languages and 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 u.s. in a report is propagate. the propaganda chinese surprise surprise have a world view that's different than americans f.b.i. director testified to the senate that these are chinese intelligence has been in bed it all over the united states for decades there are so many chinese and united states we're going to be very critical positions in security. technology areas companies military commercial every question is do they need to confucius institutes to continue that mission probably don't my expectation going forward is

the u.s. will continue put pressure to close these institutes those are the headlines for this hour sean thomas will be with you throughout the night bringing you the latest global news updates thanks for staying with us here on r.t. international. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the the ball different clubs on one hand it is logical to go from fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and a fresh perspective i'm used to surprising people who. were not serious. or else you can think i was going to go. by the way what is that that's like here. are.

the folks who print the money when they want more money they just print more money they don't rely on the workers to go and produce stuff that they have to go sell and then make a profit on the stuff they sell you know see that the car industry any large become financially to go see on the property market anymore spend financial. manufacturing in the u.s. suspects for it to china and financial commodify. securitized an american as a worker is completely redundant the same as they are around the world wages are converging and they converge at the wages in china so china wages are roughly i think four or five thousand dollars a year this is where the american wages are headed. globalization lost its moral compass and maybe if to put more values into the civil

institutions living in the dark ruled it's like i'm. there and so we need to put spec to the system and we need stronger leadership and better leadership. what i see and hear things with their door. i see people who are afraid not see these young women in the white supremacy and i see the. spear today losing. all they have to all or that is the color of their skin it's all they have going for themselves their white skin. my seven years doing drugs my nephew was still in drugs my sister just with doing drugs it was like an epidemic of drug abuse america's public enemy number one in the united states is drug abuse started going after the users in the prison

population who are we started treating sick people people who are addicted to these drugs like criminals while i was on the hill. the war on drugs. there are countless numbers of people who are in prison for. sins for minor minor offenders in the drug trade it's a lot watching your children grow up. and miss you in waves and say bye daddy as you're walking out of the business it's just it doesn't get easier. i'm after a time they were going underground twenty four hours after the u.k. government officially designated his political party fighting isis in the middle

east as a terror organization coming up on the show pakistan's high commissioner to london speaks to going on the ground about china russia brecht's it and not turning the kashmir crisis into a nuclear catastrophe and u.k. labor leader german corbin tells m.p.'s to apologize before suspending them for perceived anti semitism but nothing from him a pm he was on wednesday his judgment on a murder by those allied to the party that made theresa may british prime minister the murder of patrick lucan in his home in north belfast on sunday the twelfth of february nine hundred eighty nine was an appalling crime he was shot fourteen times as he sat down for dinner with his wife and three children we speak to the widow and son of a murdered human rights watch 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 in 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. and i'm greatly to win the election after 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 a. spork they know that i can achieve those things if they don't want it to happen but who are they because this is what lunas lawyer queen's counsellor an internationally renowned human rights barrister geoffrey robertson q.c. said on monday's show there is a mentality in the judges were determined no matter what to keep him in prison so the whole scenario has a clear run would have beaten polson r.-o.

not according to the brazilian embassy in london they told.