the u.s. state department very rights journalists for refusing to refer to venezuela's opposition leader as the country's interim president. some outlets are in correctly referring to. as the opposition leader. or the claim president. neither is correct. man whose aid in syria made him a media darling is stripped of his citizenship over alleged links to jihadi.

families and humanitarian crisis stricken war torn young children as young as three in exchange for food. by the charity. this is the family i mean. and in reality it. is references to the holocaust with. how to save people from concentration camps all guests. young people today learn in ways that they didn't learn when i was a kid. so people are even thinking to make the. games. to want to. you're watching r t international live from our studio with me. welcome

back to the program. we start in venezuela which faces the specter of yet more u.s. sanctions as washington tries to cripple caracas financially in its bid to asked a democratically elected president nicolas maduro by simply recognizing opposition leader. as venezuela's interim president the u.s. seems to think it has already succeeded in effecting regime change with the state department going so far as to break journalists who think otherwise. we noticed in news coverage that some outlets are incorrectly referring to one guy joe as the opposition leader or the south proclaims president. neither is corrects relying on venezuela's constitution one guy joe became interim president of venezuela on january twenty third millions of americans and more than fifty countries recognize as interim president of venezuela you get this straight you're

complaining because. you don't think he made a complaint pointing out just trying to correct well it sounds like it completely and it seems pretty weak he is the is the interim president well and we don't want to consider him to be president as you say fifty other. people recognize him as you know president but they're all more than a hundred members of the nation so you're fifty countries is not even close that. it's time to act in support of democracy and news coverage of the legitimate leader the president is going to encourage more from trees to work we don't want to feed into rhetoric of the kurds. in a similar vein u.s. senator marco rubio also tried schooling the media. please in the term self

proclaimed when referring to suppose that interim president say he said the phrase was used by russia to undermine the constitutional legitimacy of quite his claim even jokingly hinted at a possible collusion between c.n.n. and moscow that's gauging the state of world opinion on the matter of quite as legitimacy fifty four countries recognize him as venezuela's leader the rest of the the supports nicolas maduro is neutral or backs the opposition yet without recognizing quite zero caliber open. as a surprise that dictator. there are a whole array of politicians who don't approve of nicholas mn dural but one of the labels that he's given is worth exploring according to them nicolas manure a is a dictator nicolas maduro is a dictator period of the now defunct mature regime there in his brutal dictator and you call this material and his mayhem so what exactly is

a dictator now the term generally refers to authoritarian leaders who crush their opposition and have absolute power but what's been happening in venezuela lately. thank you thank you at this point we've got a minor opposition figure one kwaito declaring himself to be the interim president and at this point he's got the united states and britain backing him he was then banned from traveling by the supreme court so what did he do he then went on a speaking tour of latin american countries rallying support from those who want to violently overthrow the venezuelan government after that what did he do he stayed in exile fearing for his life knowing that if he returned the harsh regime would kill him right well no he actually felt safe enough to get on a commercial flight and go back to venezuela he still has not been arrested and the united states itself forbids people from doing this kind of thing who have insights

set some foot assists or engages in any rebellion against you authority of the u.s. shall be fined or imprisoned no more than ten years or both imagine that some kind of fringe activist folded wedo in america and declared himself to be the president with say venezuela or iran backing him well wait a hasn't been arrested and he's walking around giving speeches freely in venezuela no way that i was able to enter venezuela thanks to you and your mobilization in venezuela we feel that today we've made a decisive step towards the conquest of a freedom poll though lopez by. those longtime ally was actually convicted of inciting violence against the venezuelan government is trial received huge international attention and after a brief stint in prison he was in house arrest and from his home he was once again rallying people to overthrow this is how lopez wife described his treatment by the supposed dictatorship and now put those in contact with everyone every day

constantly he's been sitting together in opposition that's totally united and strong now some people might say that it's only because of the immense pressure on venezuela the material as it swept in and crushed the life of one but wedo however that doesn't exactly add up because at this point only twenty five percent of the countries in the world recognize kwaito as the president the rest of the world says that the girl is the legitimate leader now in any other country in the world arresting this kind of provocateur would pretty much be standard practice however one boy is free he's walking around venezuela giving speeches inciting people to engage in violence for his made for social media revolution. has been born and. things are going well in venezuela opposition rallies and protests take place all the time there are many things that you can say about nicolas maduro but brutal dictator is a profile he just doesn't fit cable mop and artsy new york on tuesday amateur took part in

a ceremony commemorating the same kind of history of the death of his predecessor hugo chavez his rivals going to the moment with public sector unions in them to take strike action to how bring down the government. political science professor khan and ask about believes america's us them rhetoric is not healthy. well the drop in illustration is doing is forcing us. and other countries to jews are you going to say who are this aggressive. who are all of the elected government of venezuela or are you going to go. aboard this government that the united states does not like so it is international. venezuelan conflict on a very dangerous basis because countries now are being forced to or they're going to go with an aggressive fearless action or they're going to board the market so

you and the rides other people who are. sixteen people have been killed in a twin suicide bombing and subsequent gun attack in the afghan city of jalalabad for more on that story now we're going to have straight can they still try and find say he's in kabul for sort out what's the latest information that you've got on this attack. well five assailants who have been involved into this attack were all killed by government forces and the security forces are still looking for three more suspects who could be assailants so these are salience interred a private construction firm which was. in contract with the. with the with the airfield there in jalalabad and they were constructing for them so sixteen people from them have been killed and nine other. been wounded in

this situation of two. of those who have been wounded have been critical. in this attack actually you know is happening while president ghani visited eastern cannot province to inaugurate a hot. spittal and talk to the elders in cannot province so that security was quite tight but still the assailants could do manage to enter a house which was very nearby to the airport airport that which has which is you know well equipped and has drawn down everything so. this act aca actually is showing also a failure since the prison is there and the highways and everywhere is also secure so all this is happening while no one has claimed responsibility because it has been a stronghold for a diet in jalalabad also the taliban have increased their attacks

especially in the recent weeks there killed over fifty security forces in the south and hell month and now it's not clear whether it was the taliban or dice fighters who. attacked general about this morning but what is clear is that. the talks in qatar has been giving hopes and also fear because what we hear from locals they have hold because there are positive progress what we hear from the. whole of the meetings but you know secretary of state might calm people who may visit qatar in the coming weeks you know address to the peace process in qatar saying that it is an incredibly complicated process since the regional players such as russia china india and pakistan are have interest in afghanistan so

we still have to wait and see what where world peace talks lead and how it would affect the fighting in afghanistan because there are also planes from afghan officials that the taliban are now more trying to operate active. the because they have brought some changes into the commander's level in different parts of afghanistan and trying to push their luck and try to you know have a strong presence within the peace talks to say that they have power and they should gain more achievements for the peace talks but we have to still wait and see where these kind of attacks are going to lead a fact the peace process because people here in afghanistan they are willing to witness cease fire and peace and see the results as the women or you know

trying to say that they have their share or their rights shouldn't be violated all the children's rights shouldn't be violated so we are quite in a very. undetermined situation in afghanistan people are still living in fear. ok thanks for the update the. reporting from. a british born man in syria has accused the u.k. of racism after london stripped him of his citizenship ever alleged ties to your hardest took a sheriff described himself as an aid worker and denies any wrongdoing but admits to previously engaging in armed combat in syria and associates joking or picks up the story. pickier sharif has spent years in syria as a prominent aid worker described as one of the most high profile for nationals in ablett series appearances on prominent news networks as well as dispatches via his live updates from syria blog posts left his political preferences no secret the

rebels why do they do it the problem is is that the broad of of of the syrian regime is a force women and children and civilians are facing the rest he's now speaking out against what he's dubbed a racist and unfair system of citizenship stripping laws i mean k. i came out here to help the innocent people that were being massacred by the bashar regime i'm an aid worker the stories come to light following the lifting of the man's anonymity in a case that saw the u.k. government stripped him of his british citizenship back in twenty seventeen he was informed of the decision with this letter it is assessed that you are a british pakistani jewel national whose travel to syria and is aligned to an al qaeda aligned group your return to the u.k. would present a risk to the national security over the united kingdom sharif's lawyer has been seeking evidence from the home office to find out why exactly his client was deemed

a threat what is it the british government is so frightened of that they don't want these individuals in a court of law and they want to quickly shut them of their citizenship and export them somewhere else i do think that some of these individuals kylie song very sensitive information it would be deeply embarrassing to the british state given the british government's role in the conflict in syria over these past three years i.e. how much support has a british government various points along we've been given the so-called rebel groups and to which development has been supporting them in terms of the atrocities are being committed by these rebel groups to exculpate themselves of any criminal offense because you know that they've lost the war has been lost the conflict has been won by the sitting government and its allies you know they're thinking about how they're going. survive. the. conflict world so they're trying to put together some kind of the strangest trait you claim to be in the sense that there is work as it were there are humanitarian grounds the issue of british citizenship being revoked has been in the spotlight in the u.k.

recently due to a spike in terrorism and crime according to official figures more than one hundred people were stripped of their nationality in twenty seventeen compared to just fourteen the year before as sharif's appeal continues he maintains his innocence but the home office seems to have already made up its mind and start in turkey not reporting for duty. responding to other media the u.k. home office refused to comment on the case saying only that every decision is well substantiated r.t. has also requests to comment and he's waiting for a reply. the humanitarian crisis in war torn yemen is becoming deeper every day with most of the country's population on the brink of famine some desperate families have resorted to marrying off their daughters some of them as young as three years old just to get food. my mother in law keeps between me and when i ran away back to my father's house my father beats me again

for a new way i don't want to get married i just want to go back to school son family is there they think that i mean this is no one really where they can marry their daughters and they can bring some dowry and that just can't protect the whole families and also their extended members so it is really unfortunate that this is going after some of them that they have received emergency support but you know you mentioned support are also even limited so they wouldn't and trying trying to weigh what are their immediate what are the means so this is the one leaving the family i mean. it is very difficult to create whole family with this small little support and then often the humidity is it isn't is that phrase the safety or security concerns critiquing pretty militarily or so aid also we are not able to deliver aid on timely. according to the oxfam report girls and women are usually spared

consummating marriages until they're just eleven years old but until then they live with her husband and typically do the housework and according to a humanitarian organizations yemen is one of the worst countries for children to live in more than eleven million children are in need of humanitarian aid and almost half a million suffer from malnutrition the director of yemen office says the current situation in the country is catastrophic what is really really. being an even alarm me that almost one third of the total population which is basically ten million just at the brink of crimean and children are malnourished and we are all the word to do this all yourself water and conflict and also. to do as an eighteen the color of crisis that was the worst cholera

person in the century. called anyone assistance are not provided trying to lead and even the fault even the man is less than nonfunctional even for a day i mean importing the food will end the humanitarian more reduced there'll be much more protest of the situation question syria as the u.s. military to stop blocking the evacuation of a refugee camp we'll see what's going on there after this break. you know world of big. lot and conspiracies it's time to wake up to dig deeper to get the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past

each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. traditionally in the foreign policy with the assistance of the legacy media to find an immediate threat for a foreign military intervention or coup their game has been to manufacture public support today it's different with virtually no public debate been is way way is the target of a forced regime change the problem is force regime change as a deplorable record. like the program the russian military along with its syrian colleagues have issued

a statement accusing american forces stationed in syria of efforts to evacuate people from the. camp while waiting for u.s. led operation inherent resolve to get back to us with that version of events all she's going to bankstown the story. dramatic humanitarian and security situation in a lot of the bun camp in southeastern syria has been constantly trigger numerous concerns from the russian side that blamed america that is currently controlling the area along the militarized between syria and jordan for severe living conditions of the refugees inside the camp that were among other things reportedly openly threatened by jihad is that not only had managed to settle in that camp believes not without some help from the u.s. military on the ground but also to take control over some territories and also over humanitarian aid traffics in the area basically taking people inside the camp

hostage both moscow and washington officials have repeatedly confirmed in fact that indeed some former or current islam is probably manage their way to camp russia has caused them to have been calling on some kind of rescue vaccination operation to take people out of the zone supporting this idea with the polls show in that most of the people are willing to leave this area and has constantly been calling on america to join the effort by damascus to help prove rather than deteriorate the situation of syrians inside these zone according to different estimates it is right now home to around forty thousand people eighty percent of them women and children and earlier on wednesday we heard the statement from russia's defense ministry saying that america remains deaf america does not want to

support any evacuation and rescue efforts the american stationed in the zone failed to take responsibility for ensuring a safe and unhindered passage of humanitarian convoys through the fifty five kilometers own they are controlling this is. essentially derailed the implementation of a highly important humanitarian operation aimed at rescuing syrian citizens trapped in the rueben camp and while the sides are blaming each other for what's going on inside the ragavan camp in southeastern syria we have to admit that poor people trapped there continue to suffer and their fate remains quite unclear. and reality adventure puzzle game in greece has sparked an outcry over its references to the holocaust in particular is based on the story of german businessman oscar schindler who saved more than a thousand jews during the second world war the game's website says that players

have to assist schindler in saving innocent people after public outrage the company changed the name of the game from schindler's list to secret agent though the story wasn't altered the jewish community increase has condemned the cole. all of which is for them to take a trip to auschwitz to sense even for a fraction of a second the terror of death in a german concentration camp only then can there be hope that they no longer move to debase human suffering we discussed whether games like this are a good way of raising awareness about history or not with our guests i mean it's a disgrace that today people are even thinking to make. toys or games about all of course such a game is part of this rise of fundamentalism there are many people who graduate from high school don't know about the holocaust or don't know about our streets don't know the story of oskar schindler which in itself i think is a tragedy because i think it's important that we always remember what happened

there let's be frank and clear with ourselves i mean you really believe that to make such a game we make people aware more by the locals know. they just make them. in a game with zero to any real feeling about the issue we have been witnesses of witnessing the last year's games of both the days about tell all the young people even young muslims that want to just repeat what they saw during the game and some of them even left their home on went to syria to iraq to become terrorists so you don't know when you produce such a computer ysu so it's a game what would be the output what would be the result from what i understand it was certainly not something that was encouraging anti-semitism or making light of the holocaust but instead was putting its the users of this experience

into mis fear in which they were encouraged to save the lives of other people who are under threat by the nazis in belgium the jewish community has also been left dismayed not by a game but by a traditional carnival with stretching back all the way to many people titles this year it featured allegedly anti semitic and racist flits over the annual event has previously been how there's a cultural marvel by the un's world heritage party some are now think it should be left to the past. the but.

that's on news this hour jacqueline will take over in around thirty minutes time but do stay with us style full going on the ground. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. some want to be rich. but you'd like to be first to see what the flaws three of them or can't be good.

i'm interested always in the waters of our. first city. something seemed wrong all along just don't all. get to shape out just to get the ticket and in detroit because betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. my son doing drugs my nephews 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 he started going after the users in the prison population. 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 whom 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 easy. hello and welcome to cross for all things considered i'm peter lavelle

traditionally in the foreign policy blog with the assistance of the legacy media define an immediate threat for a foreign military intervention or coup their aim has been to manufacture public support today it's different with virtually no public debate venezuela is the target of a forced regime change the problem is force regime change has a deplorable record. talking forced regime change i'm joined by my guest michael holland in washington he's a senior fellow at the brookings institution and in paris we have healed along he is a former foreign affairs. minister of ecuador currently an associate researcher at the institute of strategic and international relations all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate it let's go to go home and paris over the last few days john bolton the

national security adviser was on. c.n.n. with jake.