russia's foreign ministry accuses the u.s. of treating latin america as its colony comments come in response to washington's claims of moscow's military interference in venezuela. investigation and media hysteria isn't dying down with outlets now blaming trump for making them suspicious in the first place. the u.n. security council meets over the escalation on the gaza border where israeli tanks have gathered i.d.f. jets have also attacked palestinian territory in retaliation for alleged rocket fire it comes as the u.s. officially recognized israeli sovereignty over the golan heights a disputed area on the border with syria which to its move was immediately

condemned by the un the e.u. and the arab league. a warm welcome you are watching r.t. international with me making our top story this hour russia's foreign ministry has accused the u.s. of treating latin america like a colony but comments come in response to washington's claims of russian military interference in venezuela artie's donald quarter has more. we can gave way to 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 on the maintenance of international law claim that they won't tolerate interference from hostile foreign powers in the western hemisphere aceh 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 was 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 to stop my understanding the presence of russian military advisors. has been playing a very positive role lately all over the world. it was actually four years. ago it was the church. of the west and particularly of fortune. presidents is that as well if you go for the express this is the zion. this is the people you say. actually from. or through. your city i'm sure is going through the door. meanwhile the venezuelan parliament's 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 from two thousand and one the national assembly has also charged them a juror a government with inefficiency in solving the country's problems on tuesday much of venezuela remained without electricity due to the second blackouts in a month but as well as government told workers and school children to stay home on wednesday communication and information minister george would regas has uploaded 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 a public version of the special counsel robert miller's report on the investigation into alleged collusion between donald trump and russia will be released in the coming weeks the report is said to contain secret grand jury materials that usually are forbidden by by law from being released publicly previously republicans blocked

a democratic effort for the full public release of the report. i don't need attorney general for his interpretation of the report i am for the report and our main thrust on this issue is simply transparency release the report 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 well i would urge you to turn over to the country. the good the bad the ugly come to the committee and be willing to answer questions only a summary of robert miller's report into collusion has been published officials say there is no plan to share an advanced copy of the documents with the white house meanwhile trump himself has hinted there will be payback for those who spread allegations of collusion with russia claims that were exposed as false after a two year pro. 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 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 press would be believed by huge chunks of the population standard ploy is everything keep going to tell you right all along never admit that you. made a mistake. base your. your judgment on beliefs and

opinions rather than on fact the mainstream media has a long history particularly over the past couple of decades of not admitting guilt we are seeing the disintegration of the media but also just seeing the disintegration of professional politics in the united states at this stage and in many countries around the world. from former u.s. congressman ron paul who says despite the reports democrats will continue to look for ways to bring down the president's. the democrats don't like to hear the hear the truth and if they had their way they would know anything else they're just playing 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 they've been lined 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 clue sure there was a collusion with a direct problem who didn't like because he was a new cover and he didn't deserve it then you had the democrats automatically hey hating you then you had all the neocons who were both republicans and democrats and then you had a collusion of 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 pretty soon people are going to get you know catch on and get tired of listening to this but right now they haven't let up there is continuing to go after trump and lie about the whole mess. the biggest backward step since the internet began one of the e.u.'s darkest hour as fast how critics who include whistleblower edward snowden on the world wide web found us that him but as lee describing a new european law on internet copyrights the rules force tech firms to moderate content before it's published critics warn only the biggest companies like facebook

can pay for such huge moderation operations forcing hope of the largest tech firms out of business tech giants will also have to pay for media content though some warn they will simply stop posting media content altogether however each even members still has to approve the legislation well the five million people have already signed a petition against the move and mass protests have been held there's also been a huge backlash on mine. dictatorship and censorship on the grander scale biggest backward step since the internet began this is one of the darkest hours 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 that five million signatures on the protest didn't even make an impact so what happens now i'm livid . how they use copyright exists 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 mean the just the snippet are now more protected than ever before we spoke to moderate c.e.o. couldn't. phone wikimedia is silly he thinks the law is poorly written and unlikely to help others 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 is no certainty that authors will make money at all or 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 is

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 israel defense forces have just published on twitter that air raid sirens are sounding in southern israel they also previously confirms that ass strikes were carried out on several harassed targets in gaza overnight on 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 of bombed palestinian territory in response to alleged rocket fire tensions are also rising over washington's recognition of israeli sovereignty over 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

let's start when you show to please no new intellectual steps such as the recognition of israeli sovereignty over the golan heights to not change the status of those who are complicit in these crimes must not be speared sensor or accountability including as concerns the annexation of jerusalem and the syrian. crisis. tramp's decision to support israel's annex ation of the golan heights has sparked protests in syria people in the country's two largest cities have rallied against the us recognizing the occupied territory as part of israel they also voiced their support for the people of palestine. there are going to make a northern route before it all but all men are not large about here a job enough to do it out in my garden what it goes right to the prom there are no set up for a jew with rod stewart out of the what the pop rock but it's also a lot about. the last billion

a year or much about three years of our palaver journalists i had found on the job and began to cut out a lot. of stuff you wouldn't. want to rob. better get out of you know it's about all around. the. globe and. living day to day with an idea for the. reporter of the a.f.p. why agency says syria has requested a un security council meeting on the golan heights issue early artie's ecostar not discuss the rising tensions with my colleague media shooter. well the international community has been somewhat pushed under the bus by this whole decision is the most vocal in a joint statement condemning the decision really standing out a condemnation by saudi arabia for instance you know washington's best in the gulf so it kind of tells the scale of the fallout this this trumps 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 so 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 is a syrian territory the u.s. policy on golan is reflected in the relevant resolutions of the security council and that policy has not changed year 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 current absolutely absolutely 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 u.n. puts it that it is the syrian territory or by israel. i 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 today the golan heights and tomorrow it might be another syrian territory. true loves israel and wants to give her

something he should give what's his to give what belongs to someone else he has fifty one states he can give israel want to live but the golan heights are 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. last year back in twenty eighteen 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 from the control of i saw that there were certain pockets of islamic state there like for instance we heard the opposing. transposition 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's particularly happened 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 international studies professor dana body told us the situation on the ground in the golan heights is unlikely to change. first of all u.s. recognition of the golan heights does not carry any legal weight it's purely symbolic because the united states has. heavy influence a little over it will glow group affairs dearly clear at this point in time that the timing of the announcement was deliberate in order to bolster netanyahu is

campaign there's really unfortunately not much that syria can do in the situation and again because the move on the part of the united states is a symbolic one and not a legal one and it really doesn't change anything about the status of the golan heights from the perspective of the united nations or syria or israel even and so israel had already n.x. the territory in one thousand nine hundred one and so practically speaking i mean just tangibly and physically and there's really no change it's just symbolically the recognition of gravity and holds weight because the united states is an important player. chinese president xi jinping has met the leaders of france germany as the e.u. in paris where they discuss beijing's belton road initiative which has been a source of tension with the arab but now the vice rick 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. i think this is a very important project and we europeans want to play a role and participate and that must lead to a soprano city and we're having a bit of trouble in finding it but the project as such is a very good position of what our dependence on the charger our connection to each other also means it's really is the first e.u. member to sign on to china's belts and road initiatives and has faced criticism for over as they corporation as a matter of concern to the u.s. and the e.u. since it would give china access to its lease critical infrastructure such as telecommunications and ports the belsen road initiative was first announced in twenty thirty and involves chinese investment across the razor and africa in many sectors including infrastructure finance and agriculture paris is the last stop of xi jinping is three nation european tour which is also seen in visit italy monaco

although france is not officially supporting bells and wrote it has worked out separately agreements with china on monday the two countries signed fifteen deals worth billions of euros but in a caution over reports from paris. 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 aminu in mcallen called for a strong partnership both bruschetta 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 it's a shared vision of a future 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 and europe and we had a very important discussion about china and i welcome this european awakening since the beginning of one mandate a call for genuine awareness of the defense of european sovereignty don't do time of european one even he has ended. we've put ourselves in a situation where chinese investment has taken of the 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 it's silly agreed to become the first g seven nation to sign up to china's wrote 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 in 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 star galleries have rejected a vaster nations from a u.s. trust is over concerns regarding how the money was made and there's connections to america's opioid epidemic artie's polly explains. picasso once said that art tried and tested method of sponsoring art was a way of cleanse a u.s. opioid crisis which kills more than a hundred people per day over in the us have to do with london's national portrait gallery the answer 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 sackler 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 clear we're going 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 it's now emerged that london's national portrait gallery has returned a one million pound raunch from the sampler trust and the tate gallery and the

south london gallery have also said they will be taking any more money and then best sign the trust itself said it won't be making any more donations that's being seen widely as a face saving measure to avoid any more ridge. actions a number of art institute shows have come under scrutiny for corporate sponsorships 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 the people who are offering sponsorship it's really a function of the a bit dodgy you know exactly where in time bunkers might be written a song is 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. thanks for choosing r c international we're back in thirty minutes with the headlines.

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