russia's foreign ministry accuses the united states of treating latin america is its colony comments come in response to washington's claims of moscow's military interference in venezuela. despite no collusion found between donald trump and russia by the moonbase the geishas the media hysteria isn't showing any signs of dying down blaming trump for making them suspicious in the first place. u.n. security council meets over the escalation of the girls a border where israeli tanks have gathered i.d.f. jets have attacked palestinian territory in retaliation for alleged rocket fire comes as the u.s. officially recognized israeli sovereignty over the golan heights

a disputed area on the border with syria washington's move was immediately condemned by the u.n. e.u. and the arab league. good evening you're watching our international. russia's foreign ministries accused the united states of treating latin america like a colony those comments came in response to washington's claims of russian military interference in venezuela artie's donald quarter explains. the weekend gave way to a big hype over russian military planes appearing in caracas carrying cargo and about one hundred military personnel now the move to send military personnel to venezuela sparked serious criticism from washington who has been pushing for regime change in the country like pompei on monday stated the move is increasing tensions and national security advisor john bolton said he won't tolerate any foreign

countries in the u.s. his backyard prompting a pushback from moscow united states will not tolerate whole style foreign military powers meddling with the western hemisphere's shared goals of democracy security and the rule of law the venezuelan military must stand with the people of venezuela top u.s. representatives who failed to change the lawful regime in caracas partly thanks to russia's steadfast position and the maintenance of the international law claim that they won't tolerate interference from hostile foreign powers in the western hemisphere acehnese this clearly demonstrates washington's approach to venezuela and all latin american governments who are practically denied so far and we've now seen the russian foreign ministry's explanation for the presence of what it defines as military advisers in venezuela suggesting there's nothing illegal or clandestine about it now according to moscow it's all within the bounds of international law

and the military technical cooperation deal with caracas it signed in two thousand and one now the foreign ministry also went on to attack the us is general approach towards latin america saying that washington's actions resemble its colonial policies in the region from around two hundred years ago moscow has also had a stark warning for the organization of american states a washington based forum of thirty five latin american countries who claim that russia broke venezuelan law by moving its personnel there. the u.s. has once again decided to bring order to latin america starting with venezuela. we regret that the organization of american states has aided washington in strengthening its colonial habits as if unaware that any other country in the region getting turning fall under u.s. pressure considering trump's administration has been saying all options are on the table the pentagon's inability or unwillingness to give a definitive answer for the white house's plans is far from reassuring is it this

administration's intent to use the military resolution start by understanding the presence of russian military advisors in venezuela doesn't mean the country will be free of instability but what it does mean is that washington will have to think twice before using some of those options on its table meanwhile the venezuelan parliament which is under the control of the opposition intends to demand the withdrawal of the russian military according to the russian foreign ministry russia's presence in venezuela is legal under an agreement between the two countries dating back to two thousand and don't want the national assembly has also charged the government with inefficiency in solving the country's problems on tuesday but to venezuela remains without electricity to you to a second blackout in a month as well as government told workers and school children to stay home on wednesday communication and information minister who has loaded pictures and videos of a suspected attack on

a power station saying that criminals intentionally started a fire to sabotage the system. the u.s. justice department says that the public version of special counsel robert miller's report on the investigation into alleged collusion between donald trump and russia will be released in coming weeks the report is said to contain secret grand jury materials that usually are forbidden by law from being publicly released previously republicans had blocked the democratic effort for the full public release of the report. i don't need attorney general marks interpretation of the report i am for the report and our main thrust on this issue is simply transparency release the report then come to conclusions the intelligence community needs to look at it and make sure that we don't disclose sources and methods or classified information for the country. pretty much what's left i would urge him to turn over to the country.

the good the bad the ugly come to the committee and be willing to answer questions . on this summary of robert miller's report into collusion a so far been published official say that there is no plan to show an advance copy of the document with the white house meanwhile donald trump and self him to be payback for those who spread allegations of collusion with russia claims that would expose this fole suff to the two year probe. there are a lot of people out there that have done some very very evil things very bad things i would say treasonous things against our country those people. will certainly be looked at and i have been looking at them for a long time and i'm saying why haven't they been looked at they lied to congress many of them you know who they are we can never ever let this happen to another president again for two and a half years u.s. media has given lots of airtime to the infamous russia gate allegations an online

media no less than t.v. one study showed over five hundred thirty thousand articles on trunk russia collusion allegations or the mole or probe have gone online since the probe was launched in two thousand and seventeen but now according to the report from special counsel robert muller it was all for nothing no collusion took place so why did the us media run so long with something that turned out to be a total red herring well some voices blame trump for it they say that it's his fault the media went with the story for so long why did donald trump and why did his administration and why did everybody close to him lie about contacts that they had with russia throughout the course of the campaign why did he say that he believes putin over the intelligence community why did he talk about leaving nato things that put our national security at jeopardy why doesn't he release his tax returns some say that it's just a cover up that william barr the u.s.

attorney general is protecting donald trump attorney general barr who are dishing for his role with an open memorandum suggesting that it was almost impossible for any president to commit obstruction of justice and seize the head of the executive branch made a decision about that evidence in under forty eight hours given ms the bars public record of bias against the special counsel's inquiry he's not a new true observer and is not in a position to make objective determinations about the group. now some voices are saying that two years twenty five million dollars and three thousand subpoenas just aren't enough they say that if you keep looking you can find collusion because it's there because we say so trust in his prosecutorial judgment but that doesn't mean of course that there isn't compelling and incriminating evidence that should be shared with the american people this president has a way of trying to get into people's heads and indoctrinate them he's been saying no collusion no collusion no collusion he does this all the time this is not the

end of anything now you might think that the media was to blame after all they kept this story in the headlines for so long examining every unproven rumor however certain voices are saying that they did nothing wrong and should be praised for their work i think we've done the media the press has done one of the great reporting jobs in the history especially of covering a presidency by the most news organizations some media outlets did so well they were honored with a pulitzer prize for. relentlessly reported coverage in the public interest that dramatically further the nation's understanding of russian interference in the twenty sixteen presidential election and its connections to the trump campaign the president elect's transition team and his eventual administration from once told the media that apologizing can be a great thing when you're simply wrong whether or not they'll heed his advice

remains to be seen nobody wants to hear this but the news that special prosecutor robert miller is headed home without issuing new challenges is a display for the reputation of the american news media nothing trump is accused of from now on by the print everything keep going pretend you were right all along never admit that you either live or made a mistake. base your your judgment on beliefs and opinions rather than on facts the basic media has. long history particularly over the past couple of decades of not admitting guilt we see the disintegration of the media groups are just seeing the disintegration of professional politics in the united states at this stage and in many countries around the world. we heard from former u.s. congressman ron paul who said that despite the report democrats will continue to look for ways to bring down the president the democrats don't like to hear the hear the truth and if they had their way they would not let anything out there just play

in politics that's all it is they've been they've been caught red handed lying through their teeth and now they're just going on and on you'd think they would they would just have a little a little bit of common sense but no they just march on and i've been line for two and a half years they're going to continue to lie and even this report dishonors all of them but i think what drives all this is just plain old hatred they decided they were going to hate throw it in there was a coalition there was a collusion with it do republicans who didn't like trump because he was a new cover and he didn't deserve it then you had the democrats automatically hey hating you know now you had all the neo cons who were both republicans and democrats in one you had a kowloon you know the media and they all got together and decided with this guy's a monster we have to get rid of him whether it's true or not i think but right now they haven't let up there is continuing to go after trump and and lie about the whole mess. israel defense forces are confirmed on twitter they're

strikes were carried out on several hamas targets in gaza overnight tuesday the un security council met due to the escalation between israel and palestine i.d.f. tanks have lined up along the gaza border and fighter jets bombed palestinian territory in response to alleged rocket fire tensions are also rising after washington's recognition of israeli sovereignty of syria's golan heights an issue raised in the security council meeting. yesterday president trump signed a proclamation recognizing the golan heights as israeli territory a decision of critical strategic and security importance to the state of israel. through a new show you got to please nine years of the security council and those who are complicit in these crimes must not be spared sensor accountability including as concerns the annexation attempts of jerusalem and the syrian golan.

earlier artie's it is done off discuss the rising tensions my colleague nidia richard. of the international community has been somewhat pushed under the bus by this whole decision is the most vocal and those have been of course the arab countries the whole of arab league made public a joint statement condemning the decision really standing out a condemnation by saudi arabia for instance you know washington's bestie in the gulf so it kind of tells the scale of the fallout this this trump's decision has had to also has condemned the move russia voiced its concerns in regards to the stability of the middle east because moscow believes that such a decision by trump really undermines that also will syria of course its its their territories that's how the international community that's how the u.n. sees the golan heights as a syrian territory the us policy on golan is reflected in the relevant resolutions

of the security council and that policy has not changed your opinion in line with international law does not recognize israel's sovereignty over to territories occupied by israel since june one thousand nine hundred sixty seven including the golan heights and does not consider them to be part of israel's territory i suppose we need to understand what exactly is at stake in the go and get absolutely absolutely to the golan heights is a strip of land on the border between syria and israel back in the eighty's. in the course of a war it was occupied by israel and that is how it is classified internationally that's how un puts it that it is the syrian territory occupied by israel.

not of joe that a lot of the story. we who live in the occupied golan heights we dismiss the u.s. president's foolish recognition of the territory as israeli we want to tell him our fathers and grandfathers build their blood on this land and you don't have a right to do that yesterday it was jerusalem where day and the golan heights and tomorrow it might be another syrian territory. those trucks loves israel and wants to give her something she should give what's his to give not what belongs to someone else he has fifty one states he can give israel want to with them but the golan heights and not his property they are not his to give away now not the entirety of the golan heights is de facto under the control of israel there's a small portion of it that is still under damascus is control and i was lucky

enough to visit that part back last year back in twenty eight scene and really was something of a turnaround moment i think for that part of the golan heights because when i went there it was me a weeks after the syrian army and the russian jets liberated that area from the control of i saw there were certain pockets of islamic state there like dane for instance we have heard the opposing views obviously to chance to session from the international community what about. israel though surely this is the best they could have hoped for indeed for israel it is the best outcome but i go out on a limb and say i can name one person who is particularly help and that things are shaping out as the and that is the prime minister benjamin netanyahu because he's facing elections in a couple of weeks and in the run up to these elections he's been embroiled in a massive nasty corruption scandal now that he's thrown effectively he's thrown a bone to all those in israel sharing the nationalist tension he not only has

jerusalem recognized by the united states as the capital of israel but also you know as the golan heights. the united states is doubling down on its decision over the golan heights despite widespread condemnation coming from the international community your secretary of state repeated to the u.s. and israeli stance on the issue insisting that countries should accept realities on the ground. by that but i'm not surprised i remember the jerusalem of our embassy as well in each case we're simply recognizing facts on the ground and the reality and doing the right thing we hope those nations will join us to understand how important it is how right it is. and we are continuing our conversations with you most of the handful of countries with each of them about this issue about our decision and why we believe that the fundamental of the right of. i think for the region and for the rest of the world this recognition signals

that the united states wants to reshape the international order it wants to change the rules of the international system and that is extremely dangerous the acquisition of territory by force the annexation of territories illegal under international law defies the united nations charter if member states don't confront this agenda and don't. take action to make sure that the u.s. understands there are costs to these actions then it will continue to take a one step after another to undermine international law to undermine the rules that all all of their states abide by and to basically let loose. actions that with grave consequences across the world this is not just about the middle east there are conflicts and territorial disputes and occupations in other

areas of the world and this is a major major concern. the biggest backward step since the internet began and one of the use darkest hours that critics including whistleblower edward snowden and world wide web found sittin berners lee has been describing a new european law on internet copyright the rules force tech firms to moderate content before it's published critics warn only the biggest can. facebook can pay for such huge moderation operations forcing they say all but the largest tech firms out of business tech giants will also have to pay for media content though so more that they will simply stop posting media content altogether however each e.u. member still has to approve legislation more than five million people have already signed a petition against the moves and mass protests have been staged there's also been a huge backlash online the terms of super and censorship of the grander scale

biggest backward step since the internet began this is one of the doc who stars in the history a few years time we'll never forget the law based on the m.p.'s that submitted to them save your internet i'm in complete disbelief you tell me the five million signatures on the protest didn't even make an impact so what happens now i'm livid over the use of copyright wrapper to insist that everything is fine. the adopted text contains numerous provisions that will guarantee the internet remains a space for free expression we listened to the concerns raised the meme the just the snippet are now more protected than ever before we spoke to my editor could earn your from wikimedia italy he thinks that those poorly written and are likely to help authors get paid for their work. what worries me the most about this law this directive is that in reality it isn't going to be an improvement for authors

but mainly an attempt to make money but big players like google and facebook aren't taking into consideration the practical consequences of what could happen and thus there's no certainty that authors will make money at all that there are some articles especially closer to the end of the directives that expand authors rights having read the whole text i got the feeling that those articles even though present can do little or we should always be aware that in the majority of cases there's a big difference between the author who produces the content and the publisher who has the rights to it the director says a lot about the publisher and not enough about the author or the. chinese president xi jinping has met with the leaders of france germany and the union in paris where they also discussed beijing's belts and road initiative something that's been a source of tension with europe but now the rhetoric seems to have changed. europe will need to take advantage of the opportunities in the chinese president's

vision when he talks of the new growth if we want to do big things together we must do all of this because and. i think this is a very important project and we europeans want to play a role and participate and that must lead to receive prosody and we're having a bit of trouble in finding it but the project as such is a very good business zation of what our dependence on each other our connection to each other also means. on this is the last leg of xi jinping three nation european tour that seen him stopping off in italy in monaco italy became the first e.u. member to sign on to china's belgian road initiative and it's faced some criticism over that paris which is not supporting the economic project has made separate agreements with beijing on monday they signed fifteen deals worth billions of euro aging agreed to buy three hundred planes for some thirty billion euro china will also lift its embargo on french poultry exports imposed following an outbreak of

bird flu in france are these between a cochon of reports from the french capital. china's president has been touring europe this past week his official visit to france has just ended and it seems it's went better than many expected. signed contracts worth billions of euros including a thirty billion euro air bus deal alone and right after the negotiations the french president i'm annoyed mccraw and called for a strong europe china partnership. cooperation is more beneficial than confrontation and we have more to gain from being open and closed the partnership between the e.u. and china must serve as an example of how to achieve tongil results another focus is the need to strengthen dog you know the sort of shared vision of fusion not sort of the words of the french president to contradict rather noticeably what he said before when he called on his the european allies to stick to a more conciliatory to approach towards china he even called it

a systemic rival and warrant over china's growing influence in europe and we had a very important discussion about china and i welcome this european awakening since the beginning of my monday a call for genuine awareness of the defense of european sovereignty don't do time of european neighbors he has ended. we've put ourselves in a situation where chinese investment has taken of a strategic assets and infrastructure i think that was a mistake china's president arrived to france from and city has another rather successful visit as agreed to become the first g seven nation to sign up to china's road and belt initiative which is a global infrastructure project it's a nice participation in that particular project provoked a lot of controversy among its western allies and the specially its partner on the other side of the atlantic the u.s. so while european countries were rather skeptical before the visit now it seems

they've turned their opinions around towards china. some of britain's biggest art galleries have rejected vast donations coming from the u.s. trust and this is over concern regarding how the money was made and its connection to america's opioid epidemic artie's political explains. picasso once said that art cleanses the soul but for large and sometimes jew b.s. corporation the tried and tested method opus sponsoring art was a way of cleansing image well not anymore though what does this the us opioid crisis which kills more than a hundred people per day over in the us have to do with london's national portrait gallery they don't serve the sackler family their immense wealth comes from the sale of oxy contin a widely used push scription painkiller that stronger than morphine last year u.s.

senate report accused the sutcliffe family's purge you pharma company of acting as cheerleaders for the opioids and contributing to the opioid crisis in america but for years now the sacking of family has also been a cheerleader and sponsor of the arts in wards until protests like these became more common was in twenty seventeen british museums accepted a rest seven million pounds in donations from the sun khloe trust london's royal academy of arts has a sack wing and there's a sack close courtyard in the victoria and albert museum but the question of ethical funding is forcing an increasing number of arts institutions to reconsider where they get their money from is now emerged london's national portrait gallery

highest return on day one million pound drawn from the sun cleared trust on the tate gallery and the south london gallery have also said they won't be taking any more money and then best sign the trust itself said it won't be making any more donations that's been seen widely as a face saving measure to avoid any more rejections. a number of artistic chasen's have come under scrutiny for corporate sponsorships and recently last month campaigners occupied the british museum in protest at its continued acceptance of funding from british petroleum the oil company alleged to have lobbied for the war in iraq sponsored an exhibition of treasures from modern day iraq in syria the tate museum ended its relationship with b.p. back in twenty six steam and last summer the netherlands van gogh museum stopped its relationship with dutch oil company shall both cases were presented as mutual

decisions by the museums and oil companies but they also came after intense pressure from campaign is but when it comes to funding the arts some say there's no such thing as clean money if you have a lot of due diligence in the arts and you look very very carefully at the people who are offering sponsorship it's. a bit dodgy you know exactly where in time broncos might be rene so it's possible for those visiting the museums or working outside them the issue of so-called art washing is a tough call this scrutiny over ethical donations couldn't come at a worse time for cash strapped british arts institutions which have had their funding slashed in recent years but there are those that say that in order for the arts to prosper galleries simply can't afford to be picky. next thing with arts either so for me for the ceiling to stick around my colleague mccarran

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