headline stories this hour is before. parliament to debate. right. after the british prime minister's security assurances from europe at the eleventh hour coming up on the program two decades after the conflict in northern. public behind a. u.s.

diplomats. gives american officials two hours to leave the country while the u.s. position. to declare a state of emergency in the country from the national assembly in. new center in moscow this is art c. my names you know. your company we will get to our headline stories in just a moment first let's go to live pictures from the houses of parliament in the let's go full screen of account just to have a look at exactly what is happening right now we can see. the influential bach bench tory. a note about here just speaking right now. what is happening

generally u.k. m.p.'s are debating treason maze mewe briggs it divorce. proposed changes later on choose the vote and whether to approve of a deal it will be the second vote on a break that agreement with the first being rejected by a large majority in general just that new line coming in the d.c.u. p. which really have a lot of power in this the northern irish group on the tory brigadier groups are said according to sky news to be voting on this deal a lot more though a lot of hours yet to come on this well the british prime minister has agreed several changes to a break to deal with the president of the european commission trees in may travel to straws burke for a last ditch talks with the european union ahead of tonight's crucial parliamentary vote on the agreement opposition labor leader german corben has called the negotiations a failure and urge the house of commons to reject the deal with the load polyploid

go. on tuesday night british politicians once again get to vote on some form of withdrawal agreement that the prime minister has negotiated with the european union so what happens next if the government wins the very thought the prime minister will have had a lucky escape the u.k. will be leaving the e.u. with a deal on march the twenty ninth but not scenario is looking increasingly unlikely is expected that politicians will reject terry's amazing believe withdrawal agreement just like they did in january eyes to the right two hundred into. the nose to the left four hundred and thirty two. in that case they'll be more votes to decide what to do next on wednesday polman would be whether it would approve leaving the e.u. without a deal that's not likely to be approved by. leticia is either pretty much the only

thing there appears to be a majority for in parliament is the option of excluding no deal and the potential calamity it might entailed priority is to stop no deal no deal that would be hugely chaotic that nobody has done a lot of nor do you under any circumstances so by midweek the u.k. is likely to have ruled out to resign may's deal and no deal as well and then politicians would face another vote on whether to extend article fifty in other words delay britain's departure from the e.u. something that until recently to reason may had said wasn't an option we are leaving on the twenty ninth of march i'm clear that we will not extend article fifteen that we will leave the on the twenty ninth of march any delay is a delay it doesn't address the issue it doesn't resolve the issue to reason maes said that that would be a short and necessary delay just to keep talks going with the e.u.

on a potential deal but critics say it would just put off a potential cliff edge bragg's it by another month or so it would be highly dangerous for our country to go cap in hand to the european union. and beg for an extension he does not turn. to the situation we face. do you really been moved all of this would leave the field open and he brags that politicians to advance their parliamentary maneuvers to thwart britain's departure from europe one thing is for certain it's going to be a busy week for politicians a week which could define the brags that process or even ground it to a halt the international relations professor blunt for sees more continental opposition ahead for treason. the prime minister loses the vote by say fifty votes this might allow her to continue to push for a third meaningful vote on

a slightly altered deal just before d.-day but you know this is hopeful thinking by the prime minister's office i think the europeans are going to agree to it of a delay and they have to agree to it we can't do it unilaterally unless there is some substantive reason to do so a general election a new referendum but it can't simply be for theresa may to continue to kick the can down the line week on week day on day. it's just crossed back live now to westminster just hours we are saying until british lawmakers vote on whether to approve this persian trees amazing breaks at divorce deal she's obviously at the ballot box trying to drum up support right across the house and she will need it does polly was just explaining about must of lost last night on the breaks it vote her last minute and it really was last night's talks with the e.u. officials she is hoping that may sway the vote in her favor any kind of deal that was done that way it does not seem to be the latest lines are not seeming she's in

for a defeat again but we will see we will of course be bringing you the very latest from westminster this big and important vote as it's being labeled right thruout the take. breaks it counted on. staying on that side of the world it's been twenty years since tensions between the irish republican army and british security forces subsided but you can't police launched an investigation after a man allegedly representing a republican organization calling itself the ira claimed responsibility for posting explosive devices across the u.k. authorities though they say they were going to. brother of dissident group ings here's. with more. following four incidents in london and glasgow last

week indeed the ira have reportedly claimed responsibility for planting the explosive devices now the iran of course stands for the irish republican army they are a violent paramilitary group that have historically been seeking north arlen's departure from the united kingdom and these four incidents in question several of them happened on march fifth where packages have been found at london's waterloo station which is very central another in the vicinity of heathrow airport and another at london's in the london city airport area and on march sixth at the university of glasgow another package now to be clear all of those were handled by authorities nobody was injured and the police are now saying they are of course investigating these incidents but they're saying they have seen similarities to previous ira related activity. given the packages received last week bore

similarities to devices sent in the past which willing to dissident groups associated with northern ireland relate to terrorism already this is the one of the inquiry well these claims of responsibility were apparently received by a media outlet in northern ireland using a recognised code word and importantly the police have reiterated this is well those claiming responsibility have indicated that five devices were sent but of course as you see as we have just discussed there were four devices found last week so the public and businesses have been called on to remain village vigilant as police investigate this and they have said that no arrests have been made so far. u.s. diplomats have seventy two hours to leave venice we let according to the country's foreign ministry it comes as the political crisis deepens there following the

national assembly stamp of approval for opposition leader one why do to declare a state of emergency mr self says that's necessary because he wants to request international become to it on till then well the country is grappling with an ongoing must power block humanitarian crisis president maduro sees the power cuts are the result of cyber attacks by the united states i think that his government is working to solve the issue he claims to saboteurs were caught trying to damage a hydroelectric dam on monday an investigation is under way on that one. side help would be appreciated. if this catastrophe needs to be addressed immediately no we cannot turn our heads elsewhere no we cannot abandon our people and you are in the states you have the right to protest you have the right to demand you have the right to raise your voice you have the right. protest for your

relatives you have the right to go out to the streets and demand our rights it's not true that there is normality in the streets in venezuela there is not. to political analyst chris bambery for his take chris good to have you on the show seventy two hours for u.s. diplomats to leave venice we are you surprised that before this this has not happened we're only hearing of something like this actually occurring no. i'm surprised it hasn't happened because queer what the americans and their eyes of brazil and colombia want to do internally want to do is create a strategy of tension a situation becomes saw unbearable that the whole a section of the military which happens in our back in the dura will break or break away break support from a tour and launch a coup so what we're seeing here is i think is an attempt to build up of what was going to be a prolonged period

a strategy of tension in the hope that section the military will be one or four to dissuade us say that we door and that. there is another interesting line in this chris the u.s. itself says that it also wants its diplomats to leave as their present presence quote makes it harder to operate in the country it does beg the question why haven't they left it. well so it's a very strange formulation isn't it i mean you know it makes it harder to operate inside the country amount i think clearly the americans have recognized. governments in. venezuela in venezuela they are going to do everything they can there's no point in keeping an embassy open if they're not prepared to recognize them or dura we also cite incidentally in that same statement i might point zero cites the power cuts blaming it on cubans and on russian technicians somehow known not noted any power cuts in cuba and russia as well maybe i'm missing something something there so what they're doing is they're also using the power cuts as an

example you know why the these diplomats can't stay in the country presumably it's too dangerous for them just pick up op on the chris. claims there's counterclaims we've seen this for many months president maduro blames the u.s. for this cyber attacks for their block crisis is it feasible that another country could have the ability and would do something like that to a nation. well firstly it is very very feasible in america and indeed other pows the americans would have that ability and i would presume given the state of venezuela at the moment we're not talking of high tech situation we're not talking about very great defenses against such an attack so it's very possible that could be done this also could be done in ways which would be quite difficult to you know to pinpoint exactly who was doing it so it seemed to me that this is a quite

a strong possibility that as a say of rational strategy of tension and creating a situation where it's hoped the situation will become so on bearable there is no atrocity that people not just hit the streets but i think the fundamental question is is that it could break the loyalty of the army which is what we do or what the americans are looking for or people are asked to go onto the streets in fact one point zero as you say be clear interim leader he's calling for fresh anti government rallies in the midst of the blockade your take on the. well this comes after really the effect of this affective defeat of his attempts to overthrow material. in the civil war is over and thanking the army for his support so what we'd always queer we're hoping for is that this situation will bring people back out onto the streets no i think there's another factor here as well is that you don't have to be a supporter of manure or you can be very critical in fact many people who see

themselves as will defend the legacy of google chavez are critical of of of madeira over the corruption over the state's economy and living standards but and this is a big if can push or that this is somehow american interference if the americans do keep making these threats would join and there are diplomatic staff and sort and so forth of course it plays to the long memory of what americans history of intervention is in venezuela and in latin america and that is a very strong card from the doura to play with and he has played it and many of those who be critical but would you go to work towards the way you see the revolution under chavez would rally behind that moment in the criticism so i think that is another thing the americans should be aware of the probably not aware of intervening in this way the legacy of what you've done in chile argentina and elsewhere a lot of interesting points raised as always with our political analyst live on the

program chris bambery chris thank you. there is outrage here in russia after a deaf woman had her two children abruptly taken off her and put into care she's accused by tenants in her shared apartment of being an alcoholic who is incapable of taking care of her children she denies that and claims her neighbors simply want to seize control of the entire apartment. there's a lot of why they had to. go and yet. her room in a shared apartment raided by custody officials children gone that's how a single mother of two learned that her kids were taken away from her less has lived her life with the hearing impairment and it is so bad that without a hearing aid she's deaf one day she called a doctor for her daughter but didn't open the door when they showed up she says

a broke and she didn't hear her call residents claiming she had passed out after a few too many custody officials took the flatmates word ordinary russians though took the side of the mother thousands of vocally outraged by the snap decision to separate alyssa from her children there's an online petition to elysees shocked by the accusations to be a raging alcoholic as she's being portrayed she has simply no time she says taking care of two children alone moreover her son has a serious medical condition and his life depends on the daily early morning inhalations facilitated by his mother alyssa supporters say if it wasn't for her treatment and care the boy would have died a drunk woman could not do as much as a message did for her children that would be simply impossible activists say alyssa went through complete examinations with an archaeologist and a psychiatry and they determined she was stable and didn't have

a drinking problem the custody service seen. to brush off all of the above though and now. these children are already turned into to lot c n n online databases for those seeking to adopt and as if taking the children away from the mother wasn't bad enough now they've been taken away from each other they've been placed in two different children homes not me it seems as if nobody had thought about what's best for the children when they decided to separate the siblings i listen as mother has submitted an application to forster her grandchildren and has started renovating whole flat to get it up to standards. of blacks but the way. that sloman look at the lock. and while the dispute has already been taken to court it doesn't really see the urgency. as it's.

going to settle. it is those workers work. but it's another thing. that's. going to do it for the government. even. if you look at the illegal for the aged nineteen minutes into the program we are back in moments on a busy news day this is r t international. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy to. let it be an arms race on the very dramatic development that only mostly exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down

and talk. you know world of big partisan. and conspiracies it's time. to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart 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 truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks.

all right let's start back in britain where u.k. police are investigating a viral video of a block man apparently being beaten up by officers the footage which has been shared thousands of times online purports to show identified officers repeatedly hitting the man a warning you may find some of the video disturbing. well after reviewing camera footage west midlands police have now issued an update insisting that it was the mom who had attacked the officers first. on the twenty fifth. of february of says were called by a doctor who was conducting a mental health assessment in sandwell during the assessment the thirty eight year old man became violent and assaulted the doctor with a metal crutch so police were called the full body one video of the response shows

the man attacked the officers with his walking sticks injuring three of them in capacitance spray was used and one officer appears to be using a distraction tactic and a full review of the circumstances will take place to decide whether the use of force was proportionate. let's not bring in a way minute bennett women a skull convener of they stand up to racism organization also is joined secretary of the unite against fascism pressure group good to have you on the program women your take for anything either. well the video a serious assault taking place on. a gentleman and it's the case that many deaths in custody of occurred particularly people suffering from mental illness particularly if they're black disproportionately and there's an excessive use of force i mean the police of promise to try to change their training but unfortunately this is an indication of that doesn't look like nobody want to see their relatives or anybody treated like that in terms of the prevalence of mental

illness in britain at the moment in that way and i think this looks like a coverup by the west midlands police about the activities of the officers police's response after looking through the full video doubt they are saying that the man attacked them first also injured a doctor who was trying to help them and is that change anything for you. i don't think it really changes anything because when we look at the death of sure rick. and several other people have suffered from this what we see is the disproportionate force being used and the police public servants incapable of treating people when they're suffering from severe mental illness in fact what they treat them as somebody who's compas mentors and is in control of their own behavior and disproportionate force in those situations forces mentally ill patients to fall form fight or flight response is simple commands don't work and the police time and

time again so they understand this but we've had thirteen hundred deaths in custody a large number of those people suffered from mental illness and were received disproportional force by the police. this kind of willful ignorance about how do you expect what conclusions do you think either west midlands police or who ever. did video goes to know in terms of higher up in the national police force what conclusions do you expect to come from it. to be perfectly honest every inquiry into serious injury or death involves the police have a look at themselves they have an inspector is made up of police officers and they usually dismiss the dismisses the charges and i think the danger of this is that it means the officers themselves know that they won't be taken to task for misbehaving as public servants in front of us and the high expectations we have offices is lost and to those families that have lost loved ones as a consequence of this completely inadequate to be honest incompetent way of

operating i think that they won't see significant change i mean particular months the black community there's very very low confidence that anything significant will happen and i think we're going to have to carry on trying to champion in those rights do you have any sympathy for the officers perhaps you know sometimes are women officers who are taking on bigger meals in a situation and they can't control them want to one and perhaps more force is necessary what you say when people defend their actions like that. you know i was a teacher and i was assaulted inside in a classroom by young teenagers if i had beaten and severely injured those teenagers because i was trained in order to do that i don't think people would expect that even if i was assaulted as i was myself what people expect is people are supposed to be highly trained and there's many of them to find a way of restraining people without simply beating them. which there are they are

the there are those methods which are available so i understand that no one wants to be injured as a teacher myself i didn't want to be injured or why do you say is that those practices can lead to the death of the people they're supposed to be looking after because you're mentally ill all which is documented in this case it doesn't mean simply beating you or treating you in that way ok it's a nice solution women thanks for coming on the program live in r.t. international this hour wayman bennett. they stand up to racism organization. all right let's say we've just time to turn our attention to a long running issue right now is beijing saying that u.s. pressure on birdland to buy chinese telecoms huawei from germany's five g. network shows that washington is considering only its own interests. the united states come to other countries to sacrifice the legal right for development for the

sake of america's self interest calculations china insists that the united states government should acknowledge and respect those countries when they're making their own strategic decisions but why such anger response from the chinese will it seems that the rhetoric and campaign is continuing from the united states government washington pretty much warned that if the hughes any of. the older five generation network that would limit it teligent gathering between them to the warning comes after a letter was passed on from the u.s. ambassador richard grenell to the german minister last friday stating that pretty much of the secure the defense system and corporation between the two countries could possibly be compromised if they used equipment when rolling out a next generation network this is not the first time that the u.s. have been pressuring its allies the last month when mike pence did a tour in europe warning their allies for not using their equipment but they

haven't stopped their australia and new zealand were forced pretty much after receiving a lot of pressure from the united states to ban any of wall was equipment in their countries so it seems that so far the german government is holding ground against american pressure instead of bending. decided that it would be pretty much better to boost their own security criteria when dealing with any of those vendors but it seems that washington is not really happy about it they want to complete control the german twitter pretty much against the united states claiming that the us ambassador is pretty much acting like a mafia boss saying you know stepping in our country and telling us what to do and we're calling memories for a few years ago when the united states government was eavesdropping on european politicians merkel's government thinks that this is a kind of a campaign from the united states and blog them of selling their equipment to countries but the spy themselves and other countries present.

course of most of the r.c. off them off. well that's why what was were some of us remember snowden's revelations in the conference in shenzhen last week with the war trade with two countries on the table between china and the united states and in the race to establish a five g. network it seems that this story will not end anytime soon all right some more great program starting in moments here on our to international man to join me for all the latest news headlines this choose the thirty minute see you soon.

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