if you knew that. the u.s. state department parades journalists for refusing to refer to venezuela's opposition leader as the country's interim president. some outlets are in correctly referring to one as the opposition leader. or the self-proclaimed president. neither is correct. british born man whose aid work in syria made him a media darling stripped of his cases and ship alleged links to jihad and. families

in humanitarian crisis war torn. off children as young as three and exchange for food that's according to a new report by the charity oxfam. and a reality adventure puzzle game and response outrage for its references to the holocaust players asked to help save people from concentration camps our guests debate the issue. young people today learn in ways that they didn't learn when i was a kid so these great. people are even thinking to make. games . this is art international bring you your global news update this hour into the program. we start in venezuela which faces the specter of yet more u.s. sanctions as washington tries to cripple. because financially in spirit to

democratically elected president nicolas maduro by simply recognizing opposition leader as venezuela's interim president the us seems to think it has already succeeded in affecting regime change with the state department going so far as to break journalists who think otherwise. we have noticed in news coverage that some outlets are incorrectly referring to one guy joe as the opposition leader or the south proclaimed president. neither is correct 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 one by doe as interim president of venezuela you get this from your complaining because you said let's replace it with but i don't think he made a complaint pointing out just trying to correct well it's like a complaint to me in that seems pretty weak he's the is the interim president well

and we don't want to consider him to be the interim president and as you say fifty other countries. recognize him as you know president but they're all more than a hundred members of the militia so they're fifty countries is not even close to half. the time to act in support of democracy and some news coverage of calling them the legitimate leader the president is going to encourage more functions to work we don't want to feed into the rhetoric of the current dictator and a similar vein u.s. senator mark rubio also tried schooling the media lambasting c.n.n. for using the term self-proclaimed when referring to why does pose an interim presidency he said the phrase was used by russia to undermine the constitutional legitimacy of quietus claim rubio even jokingly hinted at possible collusion between c.n.n. and moscow but let's gauge the state of the world opinion on the matter of why does

legitimacy fifty four countries recognize him as venezuela's leader the rest of the world either supports nicolas maduro is neutral or backs the opposition run national assembly yet without recognizing weibo kilmartin takes a look at materials record as i suppose a dictator. there are a whole array of politicians who don't approve of nicholas min dural but one of the labels that he's given is worth exploring according to them nicholas mature regime there in his brutal dictator and you can listen to her 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. ok. 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 whoever incites sets on foot assists or engages in any rebellion against you authority of the us shall be fined or imprisoned no more than ten years both imagine that some kind of fringe activist pulled a grade zero 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

will point out i was able to enter venezuela thinks to you and you'll know why he's asian in venezuela we feel that today we've made a decisive step towards the conquest of freedom hold o. lopez great ohs longtime ally was actually convicted of inciting violence against the venezuelan government. his trial received huge international attention and after a stint in prison he was in house arrest and from his home he was once again rallying people to overthrow him and girl 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 being sued 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 he will not die 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 mopp and r.t. new york on tuesday missouri took part in the ceremony commemorating the sixth anniversary of the death of his predecessor hugo chavez is right meanwhile met with public sector unions urging them to take strike action to help bring down the government. for more on this we go live now to political analyst chris bambery thank you for joining us now earlier in the program we showed the state department getting upset with journalists for not calling interim president did that surprise

you. nor because the americans have recognized him as the president and what every other country in the world to do so or so for the managed to corral the usual suspects britain brazil and most right wing regimes since the collapse of the teacher ship europe it is the your usual suspects and it needs to broaden out to give this a tense much quote because it just looks like us imperialism and its friends and the movement that is not playing that well in latin america and in venezuela given the record of the united states and that is the one thing that we do or has the play on which of course he has a very effective way is the record of the united states and indeed the record of the opposition which has got a track record of trying to overthrow all. these reassess or we should remember the coup were chavez was actually arrested and it was really a popular insurrection in caracas and elsewhere which brought him back from prison

and reinstall them in office so you know people in venezuela may have their issues with the do and particular economic issues at the moment but they also remember the whole red track record of you know of the united states in the region and in the country and indeed of the local alit which is behind we deal in terms of its record of governing the country although as you were mentioning the lion's share of the international community has failed to follow washington's lead regarding the idel how can it mean tain with a straight face then that he has been as well as a legitimate leader. because united states has got a brazen face you know it is pumping this out this is its position and we know the united states does not apologize it doesn't bite down until it's forced to bite their own so it's going to carry on carry on with this but the problem they've gotten the moment is is that they don't look in a position to topple madeira but doura is retaining the support of the armed forces in particular and the united states must be hoping it must be one. working towards

trying to win a section of the armed forces to bring home a dura and towards some kind of military coup because at the moment given the fact the majority has been able to respond with all with his own mobilizations on the streets it would seem to me that it's only by breaking the alliance between the duro and the army that is going to force from office that must be what the united states is working on while the u.s. has also threatened other countries in the region that back but they're always saying sions do you think that that will succeed in cowing them. well i think one of the problems united states is going as is no throwing sanctions or road all over the world and it is creating enemies are about this as well and this is not the united states saw of you know of the one nine hundred fifty s. and one nine hundred sixty s. where they could have just operated at will in latin america invading where it why indeed instigated military coups it's the much weaker position because it is facing challenges of chasing challenges from china particularly economic way and china has

not gone along with this in any way so the united states is no fighting a number of conflicts in different fronts and my feeling is it's biting off too much you know it's just too many disputes which isn't involved in there is a dispute with china there's no one with india with turkey with russia obviously in latin america it would seem to me that they need to concentrate if tactically i would advise them will listen i would advise them to concentrate on one front at a time political analyst chris bambery thank you so much for joining us on the program today. sixteen people have been killed in a twin suicide bombing and subsequent gun attack in the afghan city of jalalabad just out on phasey in kabul reports. well five assailants who have been involved into this attack were all killed by government forces or solon's interred

a private construction firm which was in contract with the airfield there in jalalabad and they were constructing for them so sixteen people have been killed and nine other. been wounded and this situation of two have been critical. in this attack actually is happening while prison ghani visited eastern cannot province to you know a great hospital so that security was quite tight but still the assailants could do manage to enter a house which was very nearby to the airport which is you know well equipped and has drawn and everything so. actually is showing also a failure since the prison is there and the highways and everywhere is also secure it has been a stronghold for a diet in jalalabad also the taliban have increased there are you know 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 journal about this morning no one has claimed responsibility. a british born man in syria has accused the u.k. of racism after london stripped him of citizenship or alleged ties to the hardest to care sharif describes himself as an aid worker and eyes any wrongdoing but mr previously engaging in armed combat in syria and us to see a church that 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 she reads 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 did it 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 there 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 surely this lawyer has been seeking evidence from the home office to find out what 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 you quickly shut them of their citizenship and export them somewhere else i do think that some of these individuals kylee some 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 these so-called rebel groups and to which development has it 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. it push concert world so they're trying to put together some kind of the strangest trait you claim to be in this is that they need workers where 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 starts in turkey not reporting for duty in london. 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 requested a comment and is waiting for. the humanitarian crisis and war torn yemen is deepening every day as 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 run 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

as they did think that i mean this is no one really where they can marry their daughters and they can bring some dowry and just can't protect the whole families and also their extended members so it is really unfortunate. that this is going on some of them have received an emergency support but you know you wouldn't support are also even limited so they couldn't find trying to the small little support and often the humanity is it isn't seen as they trace the safety or security concerns. there so aid also on. we are not able to deliver aid on timely. according to the oxfam report girls in yemen are usually expected to consummate their marriages at around the age of eleven until then they live with their husbands and typically do the housework but being forced into relationships at a young age is only one of the traumas faced by children in yemen according to humanitarian

organizations yemen is one of the worst countries for children to live in more than eleven million are in need of aid and almost half a million suffer from malnutrition the director of oxfam's yemen office says the current situation in the country is catastrophic. what is really really. even alarmed me that almost one third of the total population which is basically ten million just at the brink of a mean and children are malnourished and we all do this all year so water and conflict and also. it was an eighteen hour a crisis that was the worst cholera crisis in this century if. anyone is just turns on or not provided trying to lead and eat the fault even the man is less than one function of even for

a day i mean importing the food will in the humanitarian community just there'll be much more protest of the situation. russia says they caught hundreds of foreign spies last year the details after this quick break. it's seemed wrong. why don't we all just don't call. me. yet to stamp out these days to come after. and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

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 aim is been to manufacture public support today it's different with virtually no public debate been his way what is the target of a forced regime change the problem is force regime change as a deplorable record. and. welcome back russia while hundreds of foreign spies operating in the country last year where putin made that revelation during a speech on national security we cannot go to quarter for more on the fly below what else did the russian president have to say. well jackie the annual get

together is usually intended to see how security services performed in the country in the past year and to put together a plan for the next now this one covered a wide array of national security related topics from securing the state secrets to the fight against corruption now it's important to note that vladimir putin served as the head of f.s.b. himself in the years one thousand nine hundred eighty one thousand nine hundred nine and speaking about counterintelligence he today said that foreign intelligence agencies are ramping up their activities in the russian federation. specific thanks to successful special operations one hundred twenty million plus notices and four hundred sixty five agents belonging to foreign special services we see that foreign intelligence is seeking to increase its activity in russia seeking access to information of a political economic and scientific and technological nature but all available means. now also on the priority list of the security services was terrorism

domestic and international as we know the issue was especially important for russia as its on one of its one of the most targeted countries for terrorist attacks put in mentioned that there there have been about twenty terrorist attacks in the country annually for the past three years and this high figure he said was the result of the unstable political situation in the middle east which the president claimed the region was a hotbed for terrorism and of course while isis is on the ropes now the future for political cooperation against terrorism is still in question now he said will russia would be willing to work with any country on the world stage regardless of political relationships and then he also addressed the i.n.f. treaty the landmark cold war nuclear treaty which between the u.s. and russia which both countries ripped up earlier this year. under the al. ation of mutual violations. between us we can assure that the u.s.

decision to withdraw from the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty is a clear step towards unraveling the entire system of international security agreements of course it changes the operational environment for the worse. and with diplomatic efforts still ongoing europe is actually still trying to save the deal berlin earlier said that china should even be added to the treaty so that's basically a wrap up of what was spoken what was talked about at this security services meeting with vladimir putin. parties dollar court i think you for bringing us that report. a reality adventure puzzle game in greece has sparked an outcry over its references to the holocaust in particular it's based on the story of a german businessman oscar schindler who saved more than a thousand of jews during the second world war the game's website says that players have to assist schindler in saving innocent people after the public outrage the company changed the name of the game from schindler's list to secret agent so the

story itself wasn't altered the jewish community in greece has condemned the game. only wish 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 they no longer move to debase human suffering we discuss 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 abodes. such a game is part of vs rise of fundamentalism there are many people who graduate from high school and don't know about the holocaust or don't know about auschwitz 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 all serbs i mean you really believe that to

make such a game we make people aware more by the locals know. just make them bring a game we go to new real feeling about the issue we have been witness to the witnessing the last year's games of both the day about till all the young people even young muslims that want to just to 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 each to such 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 putting its the users of this experience into this fear in which they were encouraged to save the lives of other people who are under threat by the nazis. to

champion league football now where the dutch team i aks stunned real madrid trouncing the spanish home side for one on tuesday night it means the current league champs tumble out of the tournament all the sons of the gods despite losing their first leg game to real now go through to the quarter finals three five on aggregates and the other game last night tottenham hotspur beat dortmund again one nil this time sending the germans packing in the londoners forward. as for wednesday night's fixtures it's in portugal at the same time p.s.g. are at home in paris taking on menu and united's former manager is back on our team from thursday with a new show on the touchline which as a marine you. that's

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