in the week that was britain should be out of the european union and stead it's left in limbo while prime minister treason makes struggles to hang on to power and get her bracks a deal through parliament. no trump russia collusion and the two thousand and sixteen us presidential election a long awaited miller report from lee came in this week plus. violent anti-government rallies across france as yellow bus protesters rallied for the twentieth consecutive weekend.

a very warm welcome to the weekly where we look back at the past week's headline news from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. friday was supposed to go down in history as the day that britain finally divorced from the european union but all that's been turned on its head and teresa mayes breaks that withdrawal agreement has suffered a third defeat and associate takes a look at what might be in store now. finally the day is here march twenty ninth one thousand nine t. the story for britain marking its departure from the european union. or wait a second. a day like any other except with less clarity about what happens next in the very day the twenty sixteen referendum shocked the world the u.k. has voted to leave the european union. article fifty

was triggered on march twenty ninth two years ago the article fifty process is now underway and in accordance with the wishes of the british people the united kingdom is leaving the european union so many promises made and shattered since then it's within our grasp to leave with a deal on the twenty ninth of march on the twenty ninth of march the twenty ninth of march with a deal with a deal on the twenty ninth of march we will be leaving the e.u. on the twenty ninth of march two thousand nine hundred eleven pm a declaration made not once not twice but prime minister in this house has said on one hundred times that we will be leaving the european union on the twenty ninth of march what do you think the days going to be remembered by now how we didn't leave here. today we were supposed to leave in the european union but we're not. very much. here is a day we should blame twenty ninth for the mess that we've made of bricks march

twenty ninth well it's a perfectly good day would personally like to come up with a new day. that's got the whole idea of the nine pm tripos way to leave the european union whether you agree with the enormous what or across a choice march twenty ninth was meant to be the grand departure of the u.k. from the e.u. with hopes of a brand new future ahead instead breck's it is now a saga so lengthy and convoluted it's hard to keep track of all the plot twists with a deadline of the final chapter now postponed due to chaos how this all plays out is only yet to be figured out reporting from london and stay with r.t. . meanwhile to mark the day that should have been one museum in southwest england decided to bring out a big city classic for public display the controversy at work by the celebrated british street artist all that monkeying around for a comment or not see what you think. here are some of the thousand. thousands who

turned out for the so-called march to leave demonstration outside parliament on friday afternoon many had planned to come anyway to celebrate britain leaving the instead they were allowed to vent their anger over the country's faltering departure police arrested five people at the demonstrations was the was. i. was. i can hear of a kid today what a riot a war i mean this madness that's the route to us about this is not no do it is even going to do you cheer to a true brazil is what we voted for and we knew exactly what we were voting for in two thousand and sixty so i think our child has often spent elsewhere beyond the european union you know what we can engage in free trade arrangements without having to be confined to a customs union but european commission one off thirty nine billion pounds they

would do everything to keep us in this is not a deal with it it's a very bad deal for her and she has been stitched up by the e.u. it's a bad deal we should leave without a deal on w t o terms international relations expert on skid says teresa mayes days as leader are numbered. well she's very vulnerable she's already said she's going to go. nearly everyone is expecting a tory datasheet prediction in the near future and she said she would go motors to be judy if a deal with possible which was and so that she's still a rod but she's lost all real authority she can't command a majority in the common in she can't control what happens in the house of commons she can't control her own cabinet members of groups just go their own way and vote it's a please so she really is a lame duck prime minister however. you know she's their eyes and she could remain

there until december but that depends where the cabinet get together decide to tell her to go all together after another stinging defeat threesome a hopes to bring her deal to parliament for a fourth attempt that vote is expected next week. breaks it count down. to years of investigation and one revelation doll trumpeted not with russia in the two thousand and sixteen election the four page summary of the report by special counsel robert mueller also notes that no further indictments will be made that was supposed to put the whole issue to bed but while answering a question from u.s. democrats secretary of state mike compare surprisingly expanded his list of elections russia interfered in all the way back to the george w. bush era our senior correspondent martin gallus if reports. for two years they

dug and dug investigated and questioned as sad as it may be trump is not a russian agent who so they think but officially russia gave collusion was a hook for the style if you only knew just how much could lose and that was in the past do you believe russia interfered with the twenty six thousand u.s. general election yes they did in the two thousand and twelve and the two thousand and eight thank you and the team literally are that's a bold claim especially given the evidence he mentioned he didn't mention any evidence begs the question of course why washington waited for more than a decade to say sue but there could be a simple explanation the presidents before trump were get this compromised agents russian agents and contrary to miss the pompei oh i have evidence it's

so obvious if you think about it let's go back russia meddled and one year election for barack obama how else could you explain the bombers little microphone slip. he was caught red handed reporting to putin. that for that it was george bush who russia put into the white house twice in two thousand and two thousand and four look at them together putin and bush all that touching and feeling hugs and shakes romantic almost and don't get me started about the eyes and looked the man in the eye i. was able to.

get a sense of his soul and you want to tell me that bush wasn't a russian stooge come on get real as red as a cherry and that's just the last few presidents this meddling goes back decades reagan who presided over the collapse of the u.s.s.r. was also compromised it was all just part of the plan i mean what kind of seek a man a traitor makes a whole beat of collecting and translating russian jew and then posting about it the story was an american in a russian arguing about the two countries in the americas said look in my country i can walk into the oval office i can down the president's desk and say mr president i don't like the way you're running our country and a russian said i can do this i can go into the criminal of the general secretary's office pound is disk and say mr general secretary i don't like the way president reagan is running used but i russian meddling is obvious it is going on for more

than a hundred years abraham lincoln surprise was a russian agent why do you think russia sent to fleets of warships to new york and san francisco in a show. support for him and the unionists during the american civil war the coming of the russian fleets was decisive in helping lincoln get through the last and most serious threat of anglo-french intervention you don't hear much about that and for good reason you need to leave evidence lying about say that lincoln rest in peace lenin's blessings be upon him there you have it concrete proof of president after president being russian agents you go to write mr bombero about the whole russia meddling all jokes aside though the report maintains that the kremlin did conduct

minus activity to influence the election moscow maintains that it has long expressed its willingness to discuss any concerns are alleged election meddling and also says that the russia collusion team has been driven solely by internal u.s. political feuds. president trump hinted this week that those who spread misinformation and fake news on collusion with russia could face serious repercussions are all mine show in case you missed it takes a tongue in cheek look at that. in case you missed there americans are struggling to deal with the most terrible news that president is not a russian spy. after years of rice lying around in donald trump's do you vs past special counsel robert mueller has concluded that he did not collude with the russians to win the election in twenty sixteen this is left many americans facing an uncomfortable truth they may have elected overlord the old fashioned

way this. way which they did the hunters use undermined the one theory that was keeping the democrats and the paranoid liberals for having a collective breakdown the belief that trump is moscow's my special counsel couldn't find any evidence he can of been looking back hard if he does spend less time searching for facts and more time watching cable news channels and reading newspapers he was found legions of experts with loads of incriminating speculation he could have used but the whole process was not a waste of time the whole report hasn't been released yet but here is what we definitely know. the media report uncovered the truth of fake news but not from russian click farms no t.v. screens across america day off to day the trunk pages were promised a metaphorical lynching by the rachel maddow and the m.s.m.

b.c.'s of the world. next accuses the mainstream media of lying you are. going to have people believe. the media's. let's call it operation. maybe i'm just bad trump is second tom because it makes him look like the victim that is top level meddling without a risky inside politics. i mean you know that there is a whole policy of questionable characters surrounding trump unveiling one of the world's best kept secret that politics and billion as tend to attract self-serving john says. bob now that neil is finished his work there's bound to be a perrier interest that action of self reflection and admission perhaps that the hysteria went a little to do far possibly an apology from the media for being wrong for three

years and a legitimate attempt to keep the anti germ feeling to the ballot box. for a twentieth consecutive week and yellow bus protesters and friends have rallied against the government recent measures to ban protests in specific areas of the french capital. city say and in other major cities have apparently had little effect officials claim around thirty thousand protesters turned out nationwide organizers put the figure at more than one hundred thousand there were clashes with police and tear gas was used to disperse some rallies dozens of arrests were made in paris and violence also broke out in the southern city of.

we asked protesters why despite dialogue and some concessions they're still furious with the government. you. think we have to express our discontent especially about the purchasing power of retired people which is unacceptable. to mr obviously haven't got any help with our salaries with petrol prices or on democracy or climate change policy. but. close to that that they did at their best and we want a decrease in the value added tax on necessities like food so people could have higher purchasing power so both distributions and equal justice. we are here every saturday we will be here until the end. still to come

to terms recognition of the occupied golan heights as israeli territory has ignited ferry across the middle east and drawn sharp condemnation at the un security council that started more after the break. you know world a big part of the lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back 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. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy to confront

cation let it be an arms race is on offense very dramatic development is only going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very. critical time to sit. in tom. welcome back to the program ukraine goes to the polls on sunday to choose its next president some of the main candidates have already cast their ballots that's who it to machine go behind me at a polling station in the capital voting booths have been open since eight in the morning there and they close tonight at eight pm local time among the front runners from the thirty nine candidates are a comedian a gas queen and

a chocolate king your style of takes us to the main contenders. ukraine votes the ballot list is jam packed thirty nine names are vying for leadership unprecedented and here's a preview of the top three contenders and the dark horse. vala dimmers alinsky is a showbiz prodigy turned presidential most hopeful. to play the part of a ukrainian president in a comedy t.v. show but apparently took it very seriously he rallies on a premise that is a fresh phrase in the political free for all and the best short ukraine has at bringing down the influence of oligarchy and not sure to at least apparently supported by a prominent anti russian oligarch himself though zelinsky had already assumed to

some presidential responsibilities welcoming in the new year for viewers on a major ukrainian channel owned by said all of the it desirable for terrorism is not moving down the polling list a familiar face. further integration into the u. rubbing shoulders with the nato scaremongering about russia's aggression all the expected things dominated his push for the reelection. the old guard of ukraine's state ship seemed yulia tymoshenko fell from the political pound thing in a long time ago after being thrown behind bars in an embezzlement case but now free she's taking her best shot at ukraine's top job. she's made social issues a cornerstone of her campaign promises like huffing gas prices have propelled her towards a place on the podium and finally the most unexpected entry in the race. that's

right vladimir putin dragged into the picture by the incumbent president himself who is my opponent my opponent is putin couldn't name is not among the thirty nine on the ballot of course but clearly shows how heavily he weighs on the minds of some all of that and maybe see the civil war in the east of the country for intent adults say it's a battle to put food on the table while a third are willing to move abroad for good ukraine votes. on monday president trump announced his support for the golan heights to be israeli territory. presidential proclamation recognizing israel's sovereign right over the golan heights.

area which sits between israel jordan and lebanon was seized from syria in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven and then formally annexed in one nine hundred eighty one a move that was never recognized by the international community. the signing sparked protests in syria on tuesday people in the country's two largest cities took to the streets to voice their anger. the recognition of the golan heights as israeli also triggered a wave of condemnation at the u.n.

security council even washington's closest allies voice staunch opposition saying it sets a dangerous precedent. this decision is of critical critical strategic and security importance to the state of israel the decision by the united states to recognize israeli suffering take over the golan heights is in contravention of security council resolution four nine seven thank you should you believe that we are concerned that this unilateral decision not only complicates the prospect of finding a comprehensive settlement in the middle east but leads to instability in the region trumpeted in this direction apparently wants to show some generosity towards israel we would suggest the americans not to lay their hands on what is not theirs they go on to hide either it will always be even heard of the sovereign territory this is their plate many others it has taken before all showed their willingness of the united states to honor reality on the ground. investigative journalist mike

rattie says this could potentially turn into a real threat to global security. there's a couple of dangerous one that that just really dangerous precedent that anyone any country can take another land by force but it's also i can trump look very isolationist he's on his own here really this is israel and one or two other countries in the u.s. of course all the nonaligned movement countries have rejected this this move as has the e.u. for instance as well so the people of the golan the thousands of people probably druze i think syrian jews have had no say on this matter at all so they're now still living i'll keep our territory which is now been recognized by the most imperialist power on the planet. that is well atop our program last week after russian military planes touched down there with around one hundred troops according to moscow their presence in the country is allowed under an agreement struck almost

eighteen years ago with caracas but that didn't satisfy washington president trump and other u.s. officials say russia should leave as well are face the consequences. right here that you now. see we'll see we'll see all options are out. just so you understand all options are on. the people he's using the russians to support his desperate to term to keep them in his own people from hearing the interim president maduro calls for hands off and his weight while he invites security forces from cuba and russia so he and his cronies can keep plundering venezuela it is time for venezuelan institutions to stand for their sovereignty russia and cuba hands off venezuela. supporters of venezuelan president nicolas maduro and opposition leader won quite zero held rival rallies in saturday in the capital that some of these southern american country experiencing a series of nationwide blackouts which have hit water transportation and

telecommunications services a spokesperson for the red cross says the power outages are a primary cause for concern and aggravate the humanitarian situation in the country . interesting research. complex and difficult and it's our. last few days. point i mean i'm a forward because we reached you money. for the international federation of red cross and the main force of our will be. and supporting also the goats and clinics. but you had only to imagine that we could and we could probably really crazy for instance also a lot of hospital doesn't have electricity these means that they cannot associate ignore the ozzies for instance just a few example the nazis were quite aware there are almost one precision there are probably in water. with decided to force us to cross on it because we are quite comfortable it's i mean it's it's. well we know how to deal with that and also

because of one here somebody needs to regrow so at the moment because it is going to be nice all around and while we are boarding that's a wrap up of the biggest stories from the past seven days along with today's headline news thanks for tuning in this hour. breaks it countdown tonality. they're bred for a single purpose. they have a supermoon. they start training very young.

eight months of intensive schooling. rats. and they save lives. when lawmakers manufacture consent to instant of public wealth. when the room in closest to protect themselves. in the final merry go round lifts only the one percent. to ignore middle of the room signals. to the real new. world. the more i tried to understand venezuela the more i could see the signs of also

materialism emerging on my continent as well. as a. lot. however what venezuela's critics didn't do was compare human rights issues to those in other countries on the american continent. civil and political rights have been violated in venezuela. but they are violated every day in colombia and they are violated every day in mexico and they are violated every day in brazil. what i call the human rights of. what i call selective immigration. enormous in the nation with regard to one country. you keep quiet with regard to many other countries where the situation is many times worse.

in brazil the police kill fourteen people a day on average. the colombian army killed ten thousand civilians between two thousand and two and two thousand and ten. that doesn't include hundreds of political activists assassinated every year by taleb illiterate groups tolerated or even supported by the authorities. even in the usa the police killed almost a thousand people in two thousand and eighteen. politicians in some of those countries have called for military intervention in venezuela to protect so they say its citizens. the but we have troops all over the world the place is a very very far away venezuela is not very far away and the people are suffering

and dying we have many options for venezuela including a possible military option if necessary. i'm always careful when we talk about south and central america and the cia there's a lot of stories. we are very hopeful that there could be a transition of venezuelans i was just down in mexico city and in bogota week before last talking about this very issue trying to help them understand the things they might do so that they can get a better outcome c.n.n. can now confirm the president trump asked a number of his top foreign policy advisers last summer about the possibility of invading venezuela thank you.