likelihood. she feels she's a little. much. the. same. the u.s. states president. some outlets are incorrect. as the opposition leader. for the self-proclaimed president. neither is correct. a british born man whose aid work in syria made him

a media darling stripped of his u.k. citizenship are allegedly. desperate families and more toys are married off children as young as three in exchange that's according to a new report by the charity oxfam. the family i mean. they can be made of their daughters and they can bring some dowry just. prime minister. a reality adventure puzzle game greece sparks outrage for its references to the holocaust. to help save people in concentration camps our guest. young people today learn in ways that they didn't learn when i was a kid it's a disgrace that so that today people are even thinking to make the. games all of.

a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our team h.q. in moscow where it's just turned four pm thanks for tuning in this hour. we start in venezuela which faces yet more u.s. sanctions as washington tries to cripple caracas financially and its bid to oust president nicolas maduro by simply recognizing opposition leader on as venezuela's interim president the u.s. seems to think it has already succeeded and affecting regime change but 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 who get this right you're complaining because you said let's replace it with but you don't think he made a complaint pointing out just trying to correct well it sounds like a complaint i mean that seems pretty weak he's 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 to recognize him as you know president but they're all more than a hundred members of the nation so they're fifty countries is not even close that . the time to actually support democracy and coverage of 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 chatter. and a similar vein u.s.

senator marco rubio also tried schooling the media when besting c.n.n. for using the term a self-proclaimed when referring to suppose that interim presidency he said the phrases was used by russia to undermine the constitutional legitimacy acquired us claim rubio even jokingly hinted at possible collusion between c.n.n. and moscow let's gauge the state of world opinion on the matter of why does legitimacy fifty four countries recognize him as venezuela's leader the rest of the world other supports nicolas maduro is neutral or backs the opposition run national assembly yet without recognizing why go kill him off and takes a look at materials record as an alleged 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 woman 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 has made him 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 i 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 will 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 will point out i was able to enter venezuela things 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 gray. those 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 the 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 juan guede oh 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 caleb oppen r.t. new york on tuesday and took part in

a ceremony commemorating the sixth anniversary of the death of his predecessor hugo chavez and arrows rival meanwhile met with public sector unions urging them to take strike action to help bring down the government. however political analyst chris bambery thinks the u.s. is not you know pumping this out this is its position and we know the united states does not oppose eyes it doesn't buy into its foods to buy their own so it's going to kind of kind of build with this but the problem the goal at the moment is that they don't loot in a position to talk. but there is retaining the support of the armed forces in particular on. the united states must be hoping and must be working towards trying to wean a section of the armed forces to brickell madeira and to launch some kind of military coup because at the moment given the fact that the dura has been able to respond with or with his own mobilization is on the streets it would seem to me that it's

only by breaking the alliance which he would do in the army that we do is going to force from office that must be what the united states is working on people in various way or may have their issues with but they were in particular economic issues at the moment but they also remember the whole 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 with all in terms of its record of governing the country. sixteen people have been killed in a twin suicide bombing and gun attack in the afghan city of jalalabad local journalists will turn phasey as more details. 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 so these are 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 this situation of two have been critical. in this attack actually is happening while president ghani visited eastern cannot province to you know a great a 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 the house drawings 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 they have 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 gello about this morning no one has claimed responsibility. a british born man who's been working in syria has accused the u.k. of racism after it stripped him of his citizenship or alleged ties to jihad it's take your sharif describes himself as an aid work aid worker and design denies any wrongdoing but admits to previously engaging in armed combat and to see a church that has more details. pickier sharif has spent years in syria as a prominent aid worker described as one of the most high profile for nationals in sharif's 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 kylee some very

sensitive information that will 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. you claim to be the aid workers here but there are humanitarian 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 office seems to have already made up its mind. 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 a reply. the humanitarian crisis in yemen is deepening every day with much 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 just three years old 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 make 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 on some of them have received emergency support but you know you wouldn't support are also even limited so they couldn't find find a way that what are their immediate what are the means so this is the one leaving the family i mean. it is very difficult to hold family with these smaller little support and often the humidity is and seized a phrase the safety or security concerns critiquing pretty much out there so aid also 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 very early 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 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. deteriorating and even alarmed me that almost one third of the total population which is basically ten million is just at the brink of a mean and children are malnourished and also. the two thousand and eighteen the cholera crisis that was the worst cholera purses in the century if. the human agency called anyone assistance are not provided trying to leave and even the faults even the winds less than nonfunctional even for a day i mean forging the good will and the humanitarian mauritius there'll be much more protest situation. coming up russia in syria urged the u.s. military to stop blocking the back away sion have a refugee camp that story and more after the break.

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 then is wally is the target of a forced regime change the problem is force regime change as a deplorable record.

welcome back to the program the russian and syrian military is have issued a statement accusing american forces in syria of derailing efforts to evacuate people from the infamous repent camp we've contacted the u.s. led operation inherent resolve for its version of the events are to finish 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 blame 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 human uteri in a traffic scene 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 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 improve rather than deteriorate the

situation of syrians inside these zone according to different estimates it is right now 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. sensually duraid holds the implementation of a highly important humanitarian operation aimed at rescuing syrian citizens trapped in the rueben camp and while the sides of 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.

russia for oil the activities of hundreds of foreign spies operating in the country last year where putin made that claim during a speech on national security the recorder has more. then you'll get together is intended to see how the security services performed in the previous year and put together a plan for the next it covers a wide range of national security issues from securing the state secrets to the fight against corruption and it's worth mentioning that the russian president actually headed the f.s.b. in one thousand nine hundred eight in one thousand nine hundred nine now speaking about counterintelligence vladimir putin is saying that foreign intelligence agencies have been ramping up their activities in the russian federation. thanks to successful special operations one hundred twenty nine personally 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 and economic in the scientific and technological nature but all available now also on the priority list for the security services is the fight against terrorism both domestic and international now we know this is an especially important issue for russia as its on the list of one of the most targeted countries for terrorist activities brought up that about twenty terrorist attacks have happened in the country annually for the past three years and this is a high figure and it's putin said it was the result of the unstable situation in the middle east which he called a hotbed for terrorism and of course isis is on the ropes now but the future of political cooperation against terrorism is still in question and he said that russia would be willing to work with other countries regardless of political relationships to fight terrorism and putin also addressed the again the i.n.f. treaty this is the landmark cold war era nuclear treaty between the us and russia

and which both countries ripped up after mutual allegations of violating the treaty showing us begin to show that the us decision to drew from the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty is a clear step towards on revenue. time the system of international security agreements of course it changes the operational environment for the worse what with diplomatic efforts still ongoing europe is still trying to save the treaty we saw how berlin even suggested that china be added to this nonproliferation treaty so again those are the main topics that were discussed at this meeting between russian president vladimir putin and f.s.b. officials. escaper i'm phenomenon that spread the world over has sparked anger in greece or one game references the holocaust in particular it's 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 players have to assist schindler in saving innocent people after the public outcry the company

changed the name from schindler's list to secret agent so the story itself wasn't altered the jewish community in greece has condemned the game. 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 put up for debate whether games like this are a good way of raising awareness about history. i mean it's a disgrace that today people are even thinking to make. toys of 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 ourselves i mean do you really believe that to

make such a game we make people aware more by the locals know they just make them playing a game we go to any real feeling about the issue we have been witness to this witnessing the last few years games of both today about till all the young people even young muslims that wanted 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 east 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 making light of the holocaust but instead was 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 champions league football now where dutch team i aks stunned at real madrid trouncing the spanish home side for one on tuesday night it means the current league champs tumble out of the tournaments well i x. despite losing the first my game to real now. go through to the quarterfinals in the other game last night took them. again one nil this time sending the germans packing as for wednesday night's fixtures it's porto versus roma in portugal and at the same time p.s.g. are at home in paris taking on man u. and united's former manager is back on r t starting thursday with a new show on the touchline which as a warning. that's

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