ethiopian plane with one hundred fifty seven people on board. minutes after taking off from. we've got the very latest developments coming up. so protests grip one of the u.s. resorts to sanctions on thread president maduro we reports on washington's approach to the american. this state fighters surrendered to u.s. forces in the syrian village of bugaboos as the terrorists are rugged from their last stronghold near the iraqi border.

live from moscow this is the weekly roundup of the big news stories of the past seven days on right up to the moment of silence as well o'neill first we get to the breaking news that an ethiopian earline plane carrying one hundred forty nine passengers and eight crew bun for the kenyan capital has crashed shortly after takeoff reports are now coming in that no one survived that crash but a correspondent on the quarter joins us live. covering this for the last number of hours since it first happened what do we know in terms of confirmation well the latest reports like you said are saying that there were no survivors among the passengers of flight two three three zero two three zero two and among the passengers were actually citizens from thirty three different countries now this was one of ethiope. airlines regularly scheduled flights in the ethiopian secretary

of transportation already have just now held a press conference sharing what the government already knows about the incident. but didn't list. eight to eight when the flights to cough from international airport. in six minutes little. surveillance. now although it's still unconfirmed where exactly the plane touched the ground the airline reports that it was about fifty kilometers south of where it took off now the airline has also said that search and rescue operations are under way under way but five hours on the plane still has not been found now the office of the ethiopian prime minister has already responded to the incident on twitter he says that the office gives its condolences to the families of those who lost who lost their lives on the plane and all of those relatives of course of asking the

obvious question why did this happen any any kind of lead into the engine failure what happened well right now there's actually no confirmed details available pointing to what caused the crash there's been no comment on that from the company or the ethiopian government it's unclear whether or not the pilot released a distress signal during the planes crash or how the airline was able to report on these details it has released it's one of the issues don't what was that happen we only find out by this hours after it occurred because it was at what eight thirty eight am local time and then we didn't hear about it until eleven am or so roughly in terms of that that's a bit of a difference yeah absolutely and the plane itself crashed only six minutes after it took off from the airport right and this is the airlines that saying it's africa's largest carrier and has ambitions for becoming africa's the international gateway to africa i mean last year ethiopian airlines was expected to carry over ten

million passengers internationally and compared to all the others this state owned airlines company is widely considered to be the best in africa in terms of safety and the capabilities of its fleet yeah its two of the busiest countries in eastern africa isn't it if you can you go in terms of tourism workers in this industry you know much and it's a very busy route. just just reading through the latest lines in this story chilling similarities with the indian easier crush last. line or was in that same type of plane chilling the seems to be everybody on board dead as well what we kind of know about the similarities there right absolutely you're absolutely right actually both planes were boeing seven thirty seven max airplanes and there's a new type right right absolutely boeing seven thirty seven is an older model but boeing seven thirty seven max was newer. right exactly and it also experienced

catastrophic failure failure in indonesia as you said the crash was very similar actually it was another short distance flight that hit the ground only minutes after takeoff with over one hundred eighty passengers killed in indonesia now boeing airplanes responded to this on twitter they said they're closely following the incident that occurred in ethiopia and that they're monitoring the situation there aware of the accident and as this is a developing story we'll bring our viewers all the latest updates regarding boeing's reaction the ethiopian government's reaction and so on don thank you very much for that double of court on a terrible day in eastern africa. ok moving on the sanctions threats accusations and protests the political crisis in venice we deepens the capital caracas has been gripped by both pro and anti government demonstrations opposition leader and self proclaimed interim president while not inclined to addressed his supporters calling on foreign powers to bring down the

majority government. today the solution is intervention. thank. you. they tried to fabricate this whole show claiming the military would join them but there is only one answer yes to loyalty and no one to be tree. is a clone a puppet and a criminal. after a very tense wake up official supporters are back on the streets to protest against the government of nikko last month during their called was made by one why don't monday after returning an international tour heat up the already tense climate menace was up and you are three days in a row in a massive blackout the biggest wind of penicillin history at the moment the whole capital is powerless one of the better that i'm protesting because i want a different government there is no electricity no water no food the government

should step down there were no i'm here to defend the democratic choice of all people when we voted for nicolas maduro as our president under the constitution he is the only president unlike one door and proclaimed himself it is a coup and a violation of our democracy and freedom. and while one calls for eyesight help washington is attempting to cripple caracas financially in a bid to ice nicolas maduro the us state department even went so far as to break journalists who didn't agree with the american view in venezuela. we have noticed in news coverage that some outlets are incorrectly referring to one guy joe as the opposition leader or the self-proclaimed 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 from your complaining because. you don't think he made a complaint pointing out just trying to correct all that's all it's like a completely innocent week he's the is the interim president well and we don't want to consider him to be the interim president as you say fifty other countries. recognize him as the interim president but they're all more than a hundred members of the militia so they're fifty countries is not even close that. it's the time to act in support of democracy and that news coverage of the legitimate leader the president is going to encourage more functional but we don't want to feed into the rhetoric of the current dictator. what pressure was

stepped up further on the venezuelan government this week let's go through that different phosphates u.s. vice president mike pence announced that seventy seven officials linked to nicolas maduro would help the u.s. visas revoked ok that's one washington special envoy to venice will elliott abrams head to that sanctioning third parties for their support of the venezuelan leader and the u.s. national security adviser john bolton said there would be new restrictions targeting venice will in cuba having the whole region should stand against caracas right because the it has plenty to talk about. the united states is exceptional literally bound by different rules to you and me of the nations states groups you see they have the right to decide who rules where like invent. they decide who is a dictator and who isn't they decide which dictators rule and which don't

now and state supports any number of dictators who violate human rights including the leaders of egypt saudi arabia the u.a.e. do you not see that the united states support for other brutal dictators around the world undermines the credibility of the argument you make no i don't think it does make it separate and i think look in this administration we're not afraid to use the phrase monroe doctrine. it's an odd chaotic nineteenth century policy that basically says no nation in the americas may be colonized by europeans out of bounds for europeans and everyone not from the americas a little later teddy roosevelt twisted this policy turn that inside out instead of protecting american nations the us now toppled governments that didn't like their now they've twisted it again now they think they can do this everywhere

all over the world that terry quire threat assessment a strategy to counter russian influence in venezuela. in effect they're trying to justify meddling in venezuela pogany because it's too friendly with russia and saying no not that that is who asked for it not even america's champ there but you don't see broad support for i believe that there is respectful participation of russia in regards to watching the fate of our country but the same goes for other countries that are paying attention here and merica knows better in syria half the world away it's the same story in syria the united states where used to plumb us in work with our partners to expel every last iranian brute and work through the un a process to bring peace and stability to the long suffering syrian people for the life of me i don't remember syrians are asking the united states to get rid of

iranians but america knows better africa too many chinese there thinks washington up to no good now is the time to boot them out china uses bribes opaque agreements and the strategic use of debt to hold states in africa captive to beijing's wishes and demands goes without saying it wasn't the africans who asked for this in fact according to the latest gallup poll most africans approve of chinese investment plans leadership in africa but the united states knows better you know why because it's special exceptional better than you or me officially our mission is to reassert our sovereignty reform the liberal international order this is a unique exceptional country. imagine mr monreal would turn in his grave

if he could see what his but nine policy protecting the weak from european. colonizes what that has been turned into a license to kill to meddle to topple governments and politically burn the continents oh you've got to be special all right we have all sorts of recent cases libya syria iraq where u.s. intervention has essentially obliterated any possibility of democracy but this is true throughout the decades that the united states has meddled in the affairs of latin america overthrowing one democratically elected government after another whether in one nine hundred fifty four with our journeys or the interventions that he carried out in the one nine hundred eighty s. supporting brutal military regimes in countries like el salvador although venezuela

is in the vise the moment cuba nicaragua are also mentioned by figures like bolton in the same breath this is clearly a concerted effort to bring latin american countries once again under the iron control. ok moving on now the yellow vests movement took to the streets of paris again on sunday and it's continuing stand against the french government and its policies. i know much. more than twenty thousand protesters rallied across

the country now the yellow vest protests have been ongoing for seventeen consecutive weekends with demonstrators. changes to living standards primarily that is the spite present micron's attempts the public by counseling proposed fuel tax hikes and national debates. in the french cities of an legal where hundreds of demonstrators have gathered there are reports of a number of protesters sustained in standoff with police. more all of this week's news coming up next the latest on the crush of ethiopian airlines boeing seven three.

they put themselves on the line they did accept the reject. so when you want to be close and. want to watch. it you're going to be close to see what the before. the more people get. interested always in the water. there should. be. question countries are very reluctant to recognize the fact that that is why mike formally announced and so with glee in the early stages of the war so. undermined the reconstruction process by the prolongation of sanctions i think it was in countries with one as you do a show where this is serious we can start to you know ways in which he started by a third power not russia and iran not by the west and by the g.c. see.

another big story of the week hundreds of us lot mixtape fighters have surrendered to u.s. forces in the syrian village of bunker was the last i saw held area near the iraqi border but it's medina explains there are fears that the terrorists are just biding their time. the small syrian village of book has been full call points for the syrian democratic forces for several weeks now and it's been cold the last remaining enclave for feisal forces in syria and not without good reason the world has seen crown suffer scaping civilians and even jihadists who chose to so random in addition to the terrorists there also their wives and children too.

praising the islamic state with the different slogans they also showed the soles of their shoes as an insult even now they still believe this is not the end of the caliphate just a short while ago though donald trump announced that his army and allies crushed islam make state completely we just took over you know you kept hearing it was ninety percent ninety two percent of the caliphate in syria now it's one hundred percent we just took over ever since then however there has been a wave of different opinions from those who are actually responsible for what's happening on the ground for instance they had of us central command well he is sure that islamic state hasn't surrendered and the threat is still real he says the terrorists after some tactical thinking have chosen to lay low and wait for the right time to come back. reduction of the physical caliphate is

a monumental military accomplishment but the fight against isis and violent extremism is far from over and at least for now present trends and now some months that u.s. soldiers were pulling out seems more and more in doubt but nothing seems to be certain in this ongoing conflict especially with the unpredictable situation and douglas you could in that vacuum see a resurgence of isis see a resurgent you know are winning out we'll come back if we have to well as general votel testified in congress recently and he said. yes this is the end of the territorial state which is very important but it's not by any means the end devices there are a lot of fighters that have gone to ground and that have formed we believe a farm's sleeper cells which are going to activate in the you know edge at some future date from the later clarify that this is the territorial state and that's why he's reversed his opinion on u.s.

troops remaining in syria you know there's a there's a hundred ways to count troops and that may not include a lot of the regular soldiers perhaps national forces obviously advisers diplomats and an aid organization so there's likely to be a lot more americans there there's going to still be a lot of isis trouble and we're seeing bomb attacks being carried out in iraq on a weekly basis and there have been isis attacks in northern syria as well so i says is far from over and. whatever claims about this the president is making are misleading. islamic state continues to make its last defiant stand thus for those fleeing face new threats hunger and illness.

so i had thought i was in lattakia i didn't leave to join isis i love seeking jihad for god because we are all muslim and we have verses about jihad because we're about the killing slaughtering and torture some are repentant and have left islamic state but at the stirred of the regime it had the right approach. the conditions are definitely dire in the count the problem is nobody was expecting these kinds of numbers so it has been overwhelming and it hasn't stopped.

the big debate on this next story relatives of the children of french jobbies of appeal to the un for the youngsters to be allowed back in two fronts they're currently being held in camps in syria and curtis stone one of the lawyers who helped blog the plea so use the children will be able to adopt to a normal life in front. clinics peak time bombs they want to prove their repatriation but in fact they're being deceived eighty four children have already returned to france they have adapted their being socialized they are ok they were safe from the worst life and what are we going to fight but these children hadn't asked to be born there they hadn't asked to be taken there their innocent victims. well according to the save the children charity there are. more know two and a half thousand children in camps in northern syria from iran thirty countries

marie dos the lawyer we just heard from thinks one hundred of them are french well part is currently dealing with them on a case by case basis the majority of french people appear to be against the children's return a new poll found that sixty seven percent of respondents don't want them in france though we also spoke to the father of one of the victims of the concert muscular in paris which was muster minded here's his view. all parents are bearing responsibility for the future of their children they've left france voluntarily nobody forced them out they've decided to fight against france they've crossed themselves out of frauds and unfortunately their children should account for the consequences for me these children coming back is out of the question i don't even consider them french nationals there have been lots of attempts and directed radicalization very sophisticated ones there have been attempts to get the country into the help of a social media with facebook with google and at the end of the day the results are

small so the government is well aware that there's a lot majority of the french you do not want these children to come back to not see them as being french see them as being out the children of jihadi fathers whom they might be mourning so the government has got a hot potato on this it's a difficult decision to eat and it's not popular and there's also the understanding in france that many only east and at the end of the day the police could not determine at what time they would. take action and so these people were well known and still they managed to go out and kill french people that doesn't make you popular to bring potential more of the. ok i want to recap our breaking news story this hour an ethiopian airlines plane carrying one hundred forty nine passengers and eight crew buy in for nairobi kenya has crashed a spokesman for the euro line has confirmed the plane came down six minutes after takeoff from a less about at eight forty four in local time citizens from thirty three countries

were reportedly on board if you'll be a state broadcaster says' there are no survivors the boeing seven three seven hundred max is said to have been delivered just four months ago there is no indication so far as to the cause of the crash the officer and all the prime minister of ethiopia has expressed its deepest condolences to the families of the passengers i'll have more on this at the top of the hour this is our to enter. just . going to move me to.

my son in this 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 sewer we started treating sick people people who are addicted to these drugs like criminals while i was on the hill i increasingly became convinced that the war on drugs was a mistake there are countless numbers of people who are in prison for. a long sentence in this for boring or minor offenders in the drug trade it's a lot watching your children grow up and miss you in waves and say by daddy as you're walking out of the business it's just it doesn't get easier. it was not it

molded you to trade or labor a stand there's an environment standouts in the original enough that the five years ago those were kicked out because relations were more pure decor nomic but now the relation is very very close intertwined saw i think it's ok to have a new treaty and you negotiation. hello and welcome to worlds apart as the syrian war winds down so does the moral grandstanding around its conduct having spent the last eight years denouncing

serious treatment of the rabble and their families many western powers are now eager to leave their own citizens in syria including the most vulnerable how come human rights are so absent in the discussions about the fate of isis fighters and especially their children to discuss that i'm now joined by samuel ramani a doctoral candidate in international relations at the universe there on oxford ceremony is going to talk to you thank you very much for your time thank you very much for inviting me now if there is one phrase capturing do western trail of the syrian war that would be assad's killing his own people that was the main promise for his suppose that illegitimacy he's disregard for his own people for the civilians where is this concern for one's own people or for one's own citizens now when hundreds of western born women and their children are fleeing areas like.

syria i think is a very interesting question because the movement of foreign fighters in the movement of people who in western countries to isis is a relatively unprecedented phenomenon because isis was the largest or territorial control of any terrorist organization has ever been so they are now under the situation where the western countries are effectively making laws on the fly but basically as an ad hoc manner they're saying that these people have lost. legitimacy and loss are right this isn't just because they participated in treasonous i have a day they support a group that is blatantly advocated violence against individuals and some of them are the wiser spouses of people who are involved for example in the two thousand and fifteen paris bombing or in the thousands and he mentions serving the bombing so they're viewed as criminals as a choice between whether it is more safe to leave them there and let the disperse to turkey to iraq where they can say radicalized and they get status shamus or bring them back have in the trial be released in short order and then restart their

activities and western style now if specialized in russian foreign policy long enough to know that the russians never missed a chance to point out western double standards but i think it goes beyond that it's a legal issue why should these people the isis fighters and their families be dumped in somebody else's territory if it is developed there's been some outliers truly for example the wife of one of the probably endless for the city in paris bombing us said they would rather one stay in syria they return to the west because the french have launched air strikes against their family.