we top stories here on arts in the u.k. has left the left in limbo as the original rags to day passes and treats the mail sales for a third time to force are deeply unpopular in new divorce still through parliament . the hoax instead donald trump claims complete vindication after it's revealed the highly anticipated miller report no evidence of collusion with russia in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election. and washington's decision to recognize the occupied golan heights as israeli territory draws a damning response from the un security council and triggers protests across large swaths of syria.

you're watching the weekly here on our to international where we recount the biggest stories from the past week thanks for joining us as our. 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 brags that withdrawal agreement has suffered a third defeat and to see a church takes a look at what might be in stores now. finally the date is here march twenty ninth twenty nineteen and 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 then 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 on 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 and nineteen as eleven pm a declaration made no once not twice but prime minister in this house has said on one hundred eight 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. they were supposed to leave in the european union but were not. personally i suppose the foreign which. is

a day i don't think we should blame twenty ninth for the mess that we've made of bricks march twenty ninth well it's a perfectly good day it would personally like to come up with a new day. that's got the whole idea of your friday night yeah i'm tripos with to leave the european union whether agree with the north most with 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 the 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 as they see it with r.t. . meanwhile to mark the day that should have been one museum in southwest england decided to bring out the classic public display 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 thousands who turn out for these so-called march to leave demonstration outside parliament on friday afternoon many have planned to come anyway to celebrate britain leaving the e.u. instead they rallied to vent their anger over the country's faltering departure police arrested five people at the demonstrations. i live your lives while aaya the law was i was it was i can your of today what i brought out of what i'm just madness that's the route to us about this it's not no deal it's even going to do you two year terms of truth. is what we voted for and we knew exactly what we were voting for in two thousand and sixty so i think our child says are better spent elsewhere beyond the european union you know where we can engage in free

trade arrangements without having speakon find what cost to serious european commission want our thirty nine billion pounds they would do everything to keep us in this is not a deal worth it it's a very bad. state struck by the e.u. it's a bad deal we should leave without a deal on w t o terms international relations expert alan stead says tories that means days as leader are numbered. well she's very vulnerable she's already said she's going to go. nearly everyone is expecting a totally deeded chief election in the near future and she said she would go more or less a b two b. if a deal with possible which was and so that she's still a rod but she's lost all realists or she can rejoice in the cauldron and she can't control what happens in the house of commons she can't control her own cabinet members of hoops just go their own way and vote it's a please. see that 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 captain it get together decide to tell her to go all together. after yet another stinging defeat to the mayor hopes to bring her deal to parliament for a fourth attempt that vote is expected next week. break. two years of investigation and one key revelation donald trump did not collude with russia in the two thousand and sixteen election the four page summary of special counsel robert miller's report says that no further indictments will be made that's led the president to claim total exoneration despite that the report does maintain that the kremlin carried out cyber activities aimed at influencing the election but according to u.s. secretary of state of not the full extent of moscow's meddling in american affairs

my company claimed on wednesday that russia has interfered in every u.s. presidential vote since two thousand and four and i've got to have 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 the 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 two you didn't we are that's a bold claim especially given the evidence he mentioned he didn't mention in the 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 where he was caught red handed reporting to putin. 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 sick 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 their two countries and the americans said look in my country i can walk into the oval office i can pound 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 crim and to the general secretary's office own his 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 two fleets of warships to new york and san francisco in a show of support for him and the unionists during the american civil war become a. 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 comrade lincoln rest in peace lennon's blessings be upon him there you have it concrete proof of president after president being russian agents you got it right mr pompei oh about

the whole russia meddling. mosco maintains that it has long expressed its willingness to discuss concerns over alleged election meddling but also says that the rush reclusion has been driven solely by internal political feuds. president trump into this week that those who spread misinformation and fake news on collusion with russia could face serious repercussions are all mine show. to tongue in cheek look about. in case you missed stand americans struggling to deal with the most terrible news 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 election in twenty sixteen this is after many americans

facing an uncomfortable truth they may have elected. they did the hunt is here is undermined the long ferry that was keeping the democrats and the paranoid liberals from having a collective breakdown their belief that trump is most cases my special counsel couldn't find any evidence he can of been looking 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 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. we're going to he will believe in. the media's. let's call it operation cells in foot 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 insight. i. don't cover that there is a whole policy of questionable characters surrounding trump unveiling one of the world's best kept secrets politics and billion as tend to attract self-serving chances. bob now that finished is there's bound to be a period of introspection of self reflection and admission perhaps that the hysteria when de lit to do far possibly an apology from the media for being wrong

for three. and a legitimate attempt to keep the anti germ feeling to the ballot box. for the twentieth consecutive weekend yellow vest protesters and friends have rallied against the government recent measures to ban protests in specific areas of the french capital like the iconic shops and music and 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 of and you'll. thank. god.

we asked protesters why despite dialogue and some concessions they are still furious with their government. we have to express our discontent especially about the purchasing power of retired people which is unacceptable. to some of the interrupted mr obviously haven't got any help with our salaries this patrol crisis or on democracy or climate change policy. but not. that good at their best and we want a decrease in the value added tax in 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 it's. still to come

russia's military planes and then as well infuriate donald trump this week and ukraine goes to the polls today the stories after the break. but the politicians to do something to. put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to. get to like the press it's like the three of them all can't be there. i'm

interested always in the lives of. the city. welcome back ukrainians are heading to the polls this sunday to choose their next president some of the main candidates have already cast their ballots. at a polling station in the capital voting booths have been open since eight in the morning there and they close at eight in the evening local time among the front runners from the thirty nine candidates are a comedian a gas queen and a chocolate king takes us through the main contenders. ukraine votes the ballot

list is jampacked thirty nine names 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 he's a fresh face 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 some presidential responsibilities welcoming in the new year for viewers on a major ukrainian channel owned by said all of the least desirable for terrorism.

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. of. the old guard of ukraine's state ship it seemed yulia tymoshenko fell from the political 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. president himself who is my opponent

my opponent is putin putin's name is not among the thirty nine on the ballots 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 four in ten adults say it's a battle to put food on the table while a third are willing to move abroad for good ukraine votes. donald trump broke with fifty years of u.s. foreign policy on monday by formally recognizing the occupied golan heights as sovereign israeli territory controversal announcement was made during a meeting with israel's prime minister who out of the decision. the presidential proclamation recognizing israel's sovereign right over the golan heights. as president ladies and gentlemen this is. truly a story. you proclamation comes at

a time when the go alone is more important than ever for security when iran is trying to establish bases in syria to strike at israel the strategic territory which belongs to syria and also borders jordan and lebanon was seized by israel in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven and then formally annexed in one nine hundred eighty one the move was never expect accepted by the international community. the signing triggered

a wave of protests across syria on tuesday including in aleppo and damascus the country's two largest cities. it also drew the ire of the u.n. security council members even washington's closest allies have and sadly rejected the move 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 like you shining a comprehensive settlement in the middle east that would lead to instability in the region among the trumpet in the strait apparently wants to show some generosity towards israel we would suggest the americans not to lay their hands on what is not theirs the golan heights either it will always be either or the sovereign territory this step like many others it has taken before all showed their willingness of the

united states to honor reality on the ground we asked israeli scholar mordechai catarrh an investigative journalist mike ready for their views on the live. there's a couple of things you say one that that just said really dangerous precedent that anyone any country can take another land by force but it's also i can trump look very all solution is to use only zones here really this is israel in one or two other countries in the u.s. of course all the large movement countries have rejected this this move as has the e.u. for instance as most of the people of golan the thousands of people from the druze of syrian troops have had no say on this matter to you so they're now still living on occupied territory which has now been recognized by the most imperialist power on the planet we are all within in control of the golan heights for fifty to use the golan heights is a heaven on earth unlike the rest of syria which became where is there

is some kind of a good thing for the bitterns and everybody else josel it was also not recognized as the easily copied so what was our the jewish people. already for more than fleas thousand years so what do we need this mission of the world. that is well atop our program this 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 venezuela or face the consequences. for russia to get out. or see we'll see we'll see all options are out. just so you understand all options are on. c.

has lost the people who's using the russians to support his desperate attempt to keep people from hearing interim president maduro calls for hands off on his way out 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 stanford or sovereignty russia and cuba hands off venezuela supporters of venezuelan president nicolas maduro and opposition leader. held rival rallies on saturday in the capital that's amid the south american country experiencing a series of nationwide blackouts which have hit water transportation and telecommunications services a spokesman for the red cross says the power outages are your primary cause for concern and aggravate the humanitarian situation in the country. it's interesting that it's a lot it's. going to send a few votes and it's our. last few days. point. forward because we reached you money to access for the international federation of

red cross and the main focus of the hour. and it's working also because it's going to be getting sort of this problem but it's not really you had to only to imagine that we could and we could probably really crazy for instance also a little you know doesn't have it easy these means that you know the associate ignore the ozzies for instance just you example the nazi where by the way they're almost monthly sugar open water but then we decided to focus our circles on it because we're going to go for the police i mean it's. when we know how to deal with it and also because it wasn't here it's all been sort of i don't know the moment that a prosecutor does that are they going to be nice all around the guy and he's while we were there or. that's our look back at the biggest stories from the past seven days along with today's headline news thanks for telling us out.

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