it. was one of the richest companies certainly and now it's one of the poorest gulf countries of the world company not country that a slip of the tongue exposed president from real thoughts on venezuela we will have the evidence. of a ship allegedly hijacked by migrants who were pulled from the mediterranean sea arrives in malta over one hundred rescues are on board including children. they are not castaways they are pirates. and an online campaign demands a u.s. drugmaker return billions of dollars that allegedly overcharged and hiv medication . i don't know from the moscow newsroom i'm calling brad r.t. international with your headline news this hour first off with venezuela entering another phase of political crisis the country's government has barred opposition

leader from holding public office for fifteen years it comes after the i do announced a new plan to oust president maduro and called for a fresh wave of protests donald trump echoed america's opposition to the current government in caracas while accidentally rebranding venezuela explains. you can take a man out of business but you can't take business out of the man apparently u.s. president donald trump is living proof of that he's been tailoring this image of corporate shark for decades and is now taking the approach we end with with democracy would be incredible there was one of the richest companies certainly and now it's one of the poorest countries of the world a slip of the tongue for sure but could it be a fraud in one well he seems to have a point in this i mean as an owner trump would want a man he can trust running this venture it has been an expensive one and the u.s. plans. to invest more into it the budget also would continue democracy assistance

for venezuela and includes new flexibility to provide additional funds to support a democratic transition or respond to the crisis there including up to five hundred million dollars in transfer authority to support programs managed by the state department and usaid venezuela has proven to be an important asset for trump for sure but after all it's not the only one tells and golf courses are going to manage themselves so venezuela has to share trump attention it's only natural if the little things escape his gaze like the fact that some of the investment was literally set ablaze by those for whom it was intended they don't take the girl or take gave you said hundreds of millions of dollars worth of aid to the border who would take the. ground there was people starve than take the americans good even from a political standpoint even from

a dictator standpoint of the scale it was why dose support is not more duros who said those trucks with aid on fire but perhaps just an honest mistake by an employee right as former duro he did lead a day in except not from the us but from russia and that is one of the obvious differences between trump's companies and sovereign states the latter can do business with whoever they please but in donald trump said it's all the same competitors must not take over the years to get out. the all options are out all just so you understand all options are off another thing how a business is different you can bankrupt it and its workers can at least hope to get paid leave and find employment elsewhere a country that's a slightly different scale trump is a business representing the capitalist class. and what they want to lay hold

in c. an enormous. trump has absolutely no interest in the lives of the average person. interested in. money. a course or pence or any group of nato generals has absolutely no right to speak on any matter regarding our sovereignty and every one of the actions they have taken are a complete violation of international law and of the un charter. of russia in turn has lashed out at trump following his calls for its troops to leave caracas saying the russian military advisers will remain there for as long as the venezuelan government needs them. a turkish ship allegedly seized by migrants in the mediterranean sea has now arrived in malta multis forces earlier boarded the small tanker and guided it to a port near the capital letter more than one hundred migrants are on board

including twelve children and the refugees were picked up on wednesday by the merchant vessel at sea but when they learned they were being returned to libya they apparently hijacked the ship and set course for europe four people have reportedly been arrested italian interior minister imitator salvini called the incident piracy . you believe. it is the first case the first act of piracy of delinquency on the high seas with immigrants asking for help who were rescued by this merchant ship flying a foreign flag six miles from tripoli they hijacked the freighter saying no do not go south go north they're not castaways they are pirates italy's coalition government to set a goal of coping migration into the country g.'s and asylum seekers instead it plans air patrols and close coordination with libya we spoke to a senior research of the global policy institute who says europe's hand may be forced to let refugees in. well i think it's the little problem that europe. we're

going to have is that you have this very powerful forces. within europe that. will be we are not letting anybody in. but in the now with all the human rights the amnesty international the george soros crowd will say my god this is inhumane european civilization is coming to an end these are people fleeing from most horrific tortures and murder and rape you have to let them in and i think in those circumstances it's going to be very hard for the maltese and the talents to say no. i don't like campaigns being launched against the u.s. drugmaker a cuban he doesn't even own the patent for the treatment kind of more pronounced the story. all across the american political spectrum almost everyone seems to agree that prescription drug costs are too high we will never stop fighting for our children our seniors and those in need of prescription drugs and working families

who cannot afford the escalation of cost the drug lobby is making an absolute fortune at the expense of american consumers but the big companies couldn't care less about the government's opinion gilead sciences takes the prize among hated pharma giants its new medication for people who've been infected with hiv is selling for roughly sixteen hundred to two thousand dollars a month needless to say there has been outrage we're here today us to protest the guilty ads pricing their new combination therapies strike there's no valid reason for it to be price it's purely greed and profit driven by their new h.i.v. drug provide abroad in a whopping three billion dollars last year but they deserve to be compensated for their creativity and innovation making a new product right well here's the thing it turns out that it was actually us taxpayer money that paid for developing the new drug the scientific research and

the testing necessary it was all paid for by the us government however it's guilty of stockholders that get the profits no royalties of any kind are being paid into the u.s. treasury essentially right in a five there was a huge problem with access to expose her profile access in the united states to prevent a champion action basically there's a lot of low income communities people of color trans women who are not being able to access this drug and a huge part of that is because the company that makes it go ahead sciences charges sixteen hundred dollars for a drug that only costs six dollars now there was similar outrage when gilead started charging over one thousand dollars a pill for its hepatitis c. drug cartel for her. own blood. right now there's another famous case of the chief executive of turning pharmaceuticals larking squarely jacking up the price of darrent pram an anti parasite medication five thousand percent from its initial cost of thirteen fifteen

and when pressed in congress to justify his reasoning mr lee seemed to laugh in their faces i want to plead with you to use any remaining influence you have over your former company to press them to lower the price of these drugs you can look away if you like but i wish you could see the faces of people no matter what misreads says. i get the drugs now justice was served but in another fashion the c.e.o. mr ali was convicted on two counts of securities fraud and sent to seven years in prison the price of darrent for him how ever has never lowered all of this seems to point to the fact that big pharma has got the u.s. public in a position of weakness for someone infected with hiv trivago it could be life or death needless to say people in such circumstances are pretty ripe for being get out but this raises

a bigger question how much freedom should influential corporations have especially when they are receiving so much government assistance in order to do their work caleb up and r.t. new york. donald trump's decision to recognize israeli sovereignty over the golan heights triggered a wave of condemnation of the u.n. security council on wednesday and then formally and next in one thousand nine hundred one even washington's close allies voiced staunch opposition to the u.s. president's move saying it sets a dangerous precedent. this decision is of critical critical strategic and security importance to the state of israel and the u.s. believes it can contribute to stability the decision by the united states to recognize is really suffering over the golan heights is in contravention of security council resolution forty nine seven. sidesteps not only the norms of international law but also the security council the prospect of finding a comprehensive settlement in the middle east by police to instability in the

region. in the strait apparently wants to show some generosity towards israel we would suggest the americans with a vast expanses of land so the americans could get the israelis north and south carolina for example why not south carolina is a great piece of land why not give israel a state or two if this administration really wants to have israel support the golan heights even in. will always be you've heard of the sovereign territory we thank the united states for the just the new story problem asian this plague many other it has taken before shoulder the willingness of the united states to honor reality on the ground. let's bring in middle east analyst welcome to r.t. how dangerous a precedent does this set recognition of the golan heights and israeli territory. yes a lot thanks for you making me the truck. has let's say more sense because the

u.n. resolution the united nation doesn't do it. no other countries it's just but i think it's dangerous because if you will it will wake up some muslims all around the world and some some crazy people like people who will regenerate and try to. not go somewhere and explores themselves because. syria. what about the immediate consequences for the region then is is this decision likely to have a destabilizing effect or will subside just like it did when the u.s. moved sentencing to jerusalem. i don't know if it's going to destabilize but it's a country the countries like iran is against the turkey must be against it

will all these muslim country or the arab country will say no the united states shouldn't do that but at the end it's the u.s. decision and donald trump decision who who listens to everything down into a minute in your tells him to do he just he just does it by tweets that's the new or the new way that done out front does his foreign policies by by tweaking but i don't think it's going to change a lot because when he moved his embassy to. jerusalem a lot of people went to protest in the streets of the arab countries but nothing has changed and some other countries are moving they're investing it to jerusalem too so i don't think it's going to change much as you know the syrian ambassador to the u.n. spent the last day me they say why don't you give north carolina and south carolina at least what how can you give someone else land to use to another country you have

no right to do that it's thing us presidents move all tamil even in israel's interest to me how prime minister netanyahu in the short term but further down the road israel's going to be surrounded by increasingly angry neighbors. it's but it's been since the creation of israel has been surrounded by christian countries and you know. just tries to help but benjamin netanyahu because he's there trying to get reelected and he has a lot of judicial and legal problems sought by these he wants a minute in you to go up. so he can get reelected it's just and the country is going to stay against them but it won't change anything. britain's u.n. envoy told the security council reminded the security council the trams move flout a un resolution on the golan heights i was there from the ministrations disregard for international or affecting the united states standing on the world stage. it

does that it doesn't change anything because the united i mean since trump is a lake that it don't care about what the international community feels or do to it once you get anything done it from policy just to earth it's way to get reelected we've been we didn't know the united states and florida are for it your people it won't change anything ok attorney middle east and is crucial no thanks for sharing your thoughts and expertise with us this evening r.t. really appreciate it thank you very much have been a. british m.p.'s will return to westminster on friday to vote on the withdrawal agreement part of terrains a major deal specifically addresses key issues such as the irish border and if it's approved the u.k. would extend breck's it until the twenty second of may and it all comes after indecision clouded another vote on wednesday on eight options to try and get the bracks a process on the straight and narrow alternatives included

a second referendum revoking article fifty and staying in the e.u. for two more years. president try to remind ourselves what we've decided to do nothing. at all i think the public will look at on these proceedings in. amazement it's. my will be completely bemused by what's has gone on this is a very serious moment for all of us and we have to reflect that this house of commons has tried to find a way through the brics a crisis over the last few months and we have feel. it is of course a very great disappointment that the house has not chosen to find a majority for any proposition it does simplify what's now on offer which really is exit in the european union as we've just heard with a deal all we've no deal at all that is now what's on offer and we

pressurize a lot of the m.p.'s course if point theresa may can bring her deal back to the house which will be seen now as huge really important to do because actually that's going to be the only option isn't. there and leave in european union with the hopper but now this is all costing to resume a her premiership she's announced her intention to step down as prime minister but only after she's delivered breck's it according to downing street the p.m.'s concession came during a closed door meeting with fellow conservative party m.p. . i'm prepared to leave this job i ask everyone in this room to back the deal so we can complete our historic duty to deliver on the decision of the british people and leave the european union with a smooth and orderly bracks set the u.k.'s opposition leader jeremy corbyn was quick to react to the news saying major proposal was about party management and not in the best interests of british citizens he also added that a switch of government should be left to the public to decide. we asked people in

london what they think about the prospect of tourism a stepping down. i don't think it matters which mark you see charges because frankly i don't think i said to yourself whatever is actually sitting in the p.m.'s chair is going to be dealing with hopefully she. is because we really. do want to. see. she's going to resign if she can get a meaningful vote through i don't mean it will that's going to go through so what she did is she going to resign or was she not no one knows. but economist karen jones and nelson mccausland who's a former social development minister in northern ireland think that reason may propose resignation will not solve the crisis. many bricks of tears will be encouraged by her announcement that she is going but the position i think for the day you pay and for the vast majority of unionists in northern a simply this the deal that she house currently on the table. with

you is only acceptable whether she steers or whether she goes the problem for them remains that the bike stop is deeply deeply problematic the british approach to bring suit as the entirely governed by party politics and mrs nay has sought to keep the conservative party together by proposing a kind of compromise arrangement that to some extent at least satisfy the hard line breaks the two years and also the remaining years and softer briggs answers within her own party. facebook has moved to ban expressions it's describing as a white set of ports and representation of white nationalism and white separatism on facebook and instagram is clear these concepts of deep feeling to organize hate groups and have no place in our services. the new rules will be implemented next week and arraigned as facebook says taking a stand against hate earlier this month for social media giant came under intense criticism for its role in the spread of content online as video of the christ

church mosque massacres in new zealand was shared widely the government who live streamed his own deadly rampage also published a white nationalist manifesto but critics argue that facebook is your skirting around the issue of radicalism and discrimination. or to discuss facebook's new political commentator new york observer columnist andrew walker gentlemen welcome to the program sure you both agree that you hate speech needs to be stamped out no matter what quarters it comes from the question is where does proud patriotism descend into toxic nationalism mohammed do you expect facebook's new rules to be deemed discriminatory against white people is this broad brush going to spark even more hatred. while a few years ago we put pressure on facebook to remove our isis content but barry called an assertion. supportive messages that will be posted on the web on the platform and it's absolutely right the white supremacist

a racist ideology is also confronted and i welcome it but it's far too late for those of us campaigning against racism who've been calling for this action for many years it's taken a massacre in new zealand of muslims to actually get facebook to face up to their responsibilities and i'm really glad that they do the other point is this is not erosion of free speech this is a private company platform media platform where you have to sign up to terms of conditions and if you breach them then you will be held responsible for that are removed from that platform. particularly heinous activities have been directly linked to people allying themselves as white supremacists and white nationalists facebook had to do something about that didn't it. yes just a shame it took so long to do it there's only one slight disagreement i'd have with what mohamed said look i get that facebook is a private club but they and i get that you have an agreement between yourself and

facebook and you don't necessarily have a right to be on facebook but obviously these social media giants are so huge and so dominant that clearly we do have to take concern either thoughts for what they get up to say look in britain we've got problems with instagram with self harm videos our self photos which is specifically that young teenage girls are going on and seeing all sorts of things that encourage them into other recs yeah and heavy diet saying i'm the indeed injuring themselves and it always seems with facebook they are the last to act what muhammad said is absolutely right you know we've really tried to stop them spreading islam is propaganda and facebook simply for took some action but only after a huge amount of pressure and i think one of the other concerns i've got about these social media platforms is to what extent all the people get dragged along with it i know there in the knesset to stop the spread of fake news facebook made

it more difficult for politicians like nigel frog to spread the word and so the concern is you know firstly are they getting the balance right ports also the other thing that we've got to say time and time again is why the heck are we dragging these social media platforms kicking and screaming into doing the juicy i mean a massacre in christchurch streamed live on social media is that the level we've got. mohammed it wouldn't want to say that it's necessarily a token gesture to facebook's done here does feel reactionary that white nationalism is being singled out when any hate speech or to be stamped out not just singling out specific groups on online. facebook but the bigger principle is here is that you've got. tackle him on the right to british politics i come from the left we have debates and discussions as we are doing now and it's done in a respectful way and that's absolutely right he can be proud of his heritage and

his history and i can be proud of my heritage and my history it's when he crosses over to demonizing our hating the whole community that is the issue and facebook i've always supported for many years you know accountability for these social media giants are rightly talked about instagram. you know the appalled in. post. on their platform and all of those are going to be doing you know in british politics pretty internationally of look at what more support we can give to the authorities to police these social media giants because they are huge multibillionaire companies. how do the online giants trying to keep reasoned debate and maybe the horse has bolted to be honest in terms of people trying to discuss things online but when it comes to some of the inflammatory remarks incendiary statements and let's face it incitement from some quarters because

people feel they have to be extreme in what they say to mistakenly think that's the way they can get the voices heard what can be done to steer the course so the people talk about this sensibly. so the implication of your question because clearly the the level of debate has not necessarily been elevated by social media but at the same time of lot you know when i appear on your t.v. show certain people have a go at me on twitter that doesn't particular because i've been here commentator i think it's when you get very nasty rate since we've people it's a bit of a problem i'll tell you the solution but first i'm going to give you the example of what took place with facebook. facebook had only warm speaking moderator and actually not all of the books and where you could report something for being hate speech was in so people from burma simply couldn't understand how to reports and the and the hate speech that was put on the platform and what we found was that

were there was the vilification of the rigging of muslims that led to a genocide and that is the power frankly of facebook now you know let's not bring our hands and say this is impossible the solution is this you need him and moderators rather than just algorithms you need people that can go and who read beings in this case or understand the nuance of it and they're able to take action the problem is and the reason these social media companies are so profitable is they're just relying on computers and artificial intelligence rather than having real people intervening and frankly that makes mark zuckerberg incredibly rich but we're also dogs. is the damage to society and i think if any of your views want to look into the connection between facebook and burma they'll find that really it's quite shocking a shocking situations appear that all this lies all this hate speech was able to continue because of no human moderators and. equally with over

a billion active users the best will in the world how can there be a human moderation to totally police something is vast as facebook. i don't think that's a good enough response from facebook you know in the end it's your platform and you're responsible for is being hosted on that and i think the idea that self-regulation of these platforms is something which the british government for example have been pushing for a number of years just doesn't work and we need to get in and have a code of conduct we've got ahold of those social media giants responsible in in terms of how they protect individuals from hate speech and it's going to be absolutely clear wherever the hate speech comes from why that is from the far right or from the fringes of the muslim extremist as well it's got to be tackled it's going to be confronted and it's got to be eradicated and it's really sad that you

know it takes fifty people being brutally murdered in christchurch where they're having a national memorial as we speak to actually get these sorts of giant companies to actually take action so i think it's important that self-regulation hasn't worked out one more thing which i think is really important which just send our durned a prime minister of new zealand is going to be spearheading in the coming months and at the u.n. general assembly in september is more international action to all these multinational company large against facebook for targeting adverts to certain people based on race sexuality and religion. on facebook looking in the mirror here on nuking it i think that facebook in many respects a bit of a villain simply because it's it takes your dates are very valuable data and the fact of the serves it up to its customers and charges money for it look i don't want to sound like some sort of i don't know conspiratorial communist here i

absolutely support capitalism but when you've got an organization which is such a big monopoly the has to be protections in place and i think that facebook you know policing a billion users you know the truth the matter is people keep reporting content that they found on acceptable that's not the issue the issue is a can.