crisis talks at the u.n. security council see russia and the us clash over how to approach the political and economic situation in venezuela. with all due respect mr ambassador you shouldn't be sure. you should return to venezuela. and tell nicolas maduro that his time is up. it's time for him to go. and stop interfering in the affairs of other states you will only gain respect from. you don't like when there is interfering in your affairs no one likes that. israel's

benjamin netanyahu looks bad for a historic election victory on a fifth term as prime minister palestinians have already expressed concern that it only took the other rights violations in the occupied west bank. and the u.k.'s prime minister same brussels to make her case for a short extension to the brags that deadline you diplomats appear to have other i did. a very warm welcome you watching r.t. international with me nikki aaron. with almost all of the votes now counted donald trump has congratulated benjamin netanyahu on winning israel's general election be incumbent leader looks set to win a record fifth term as the country's prime minister the wind wing leader will still

have to form a coalition alliance but he seems to be in high spirits. this is a night of tremendous victory i was very moved that the nation of israel once again and trusted me for the fifth time already tonight i have started talks with the heads of the right wing parties our natural partners i intend to be the prime minister of all israeli citizens right or left jews and non jews alike all israeli citizens it really would need something outrageous to happen for him not to be able to form this coalition he's likely to get sixty five seats out of a parliament comprising of one hundred twenty so that gives him a better majority than he had in the previous parliament where he stood with sixty one this will mean that his back will be less against the war he'll be able to perhaps move a little more freely and not be choked by those in his coalition who are putting demands on him that he perhaps doesn't want to go to the election is largely seen as a kind of referendum on netanyahu and he sort of me is perceiving the result which

is the strongest showing that his likud party has ever achieved as a nod that he's in the right direction that israelis appreciate his efforts the israelis wanting to continue in the premiership he's already been put in a coalition together for the last few weeks some of the behind the scenes some of it in front of the scenes he caught a lot of controversy for reaching out to a very far right racist group at the same time however it could take at least a month if not longer for him to solidify his coalition it is important to mention that there was a very strong showing from his main rival the former israeli defense forces guns who for the first time has come forward with a political party and like party now they are neck and neck with him in the polls but they are likely to form as major a coalition as netanyahu but what this does mean for the prime minister is that he'll have a more united opposition he won't perhaps be able to act so freely you also needs to face the american president donald trump's deal of the century there trump is

likely to oss can call consolations and of course don't forget the corruption charges that met on. who faces this is new territory for israel what will happen when in fact he is indicted if he is indicted when those charges come forward that could take a long time but at the same time it will be a headache over the head of the prime minister the arab community here in israel which numbers around twenty percent of the population is internally divided and also at the same time there's a sense of despondency in terms of how arab israelis view the potential for elections to change their fate when i travel to election polls yesterday particularly in arab neighborhoods having people who are actually turning out and they say that they feel that there needs to be some kind of change that there was a call by many arab leaders for arab citizens to boycott the elections it's very fluid at this stage we do expect though that the polls that the exit polls are we looking at now really are not going to change regardless of when those final results come in. or with when israel is sliding deeper into crisis amid

an ongoing power struggle russia and the u.s. have clashed at the u.n. security council over how to approach the situation in our cross live to our cheesecake morgan who is in new york or is caleb plenty of emotion in the u.s. see this wednesday can you tell us more. indeed now the fifteen member body that leads the united nations convened and the meeting opened with reports from u.n. officials regarding the humanitarian situation in venezuela then from there the floor was opened up for members of the security council to address the meeting and first we heard from the vice president of the united states mike pence and mike pence began plucking the heart strings of the world community talking about the hardships that venezuelans are facing this is mike pence. but a church in brazil we spoke to families who had fled. the deprivation

in venezuela. and i'll never forget when a father looked at me with his two young boys standing at his side and said how hard it was as a father to come home at the end of the day and say. we're not eating today. and as he said it is two little boys looked up and nodded. now when the russian representative the russian ambassador to the united nations spoke he pointed out that many times we've heard u.s. leaders invoke humanitarian concerns this is the response we heard from the representative of the russian federation we have already seen know this in other regions in the world different from so-called witnesses who have settled in the west and the bloodcurdling stories about the severing that the nations of iraq libya and syria and it is precisely as

a result of western intervention in this country that the true suffering began there and that continues to this day do you want to see the same thing in venezuela . now it's also important to note that when he was speaking mike pence invoked the second world war and the experience of nazi germany when calling for intervention against the government in venezuela and calling on the un to essentially revoke the credentials and grant recognition to the u.s. aligned figure out why and wedo rather than the elected venezuelan government this is mike pence invoking the second world war three has taught us what happens when the civilized nations of the world allow a person to go unchecked. with a brutal dictatorship arose in europe. the world failed to respond. millions of lives were lost in the second world war now when russia's ambassador to

the united nations spoke he pointed out that the united states and other western countries have a pretty strong share of the blame when it comes to the hardship in the country that the hardship in venezuela can't simply be blamed on the government but that the activities of u.s. leaders in trying to destabilize and interfere in venezuela's affairs are certainly a factor this is the russian representative to the united nations the russian ambassador with the one hand you are grabbing venezuela by the throat by introducing good still new sanctions and leif's restrictions which prevent the country from developing normally with the other hand you are also picking the pockets of venezuelans you are shamelessly expropriating business will and assets in western banks. now the meeting is continuing in the u.n. headquarters in new york city as the meeting proceeds we expect to hear from other members of the u.n. security council and under the u.n. rules venezuela and its representative will also have the right to address these

security council meetings so we're keeping our eyes on the security council chamber as the meeting continues pretty clear disagreement between world leaders when it comes to the situation in venezuela who is to blame and what is to be done. thank you for those details out more been speaking to us live from new york. returning now to one of our top stories this wednesday how incumbent leader benjamin netanyahu looks set to win a record fifth term as israel's prime minister we cannot cross live to palestinian political analyst nor day to discuss this as a wonderful to have you with us thanks for coming on i was sort of policies do you think we can expect from netanyahu netanyahu assuming that he does secure this. well the israeli elections in general were a competition between the right and the more extreme right as far as policies

towards palestine is concerned what netanyahu did is that he secured the right of the fundamentalists the rise of the fundamentalist right in israel the students of the kahana a group that is known for its fascist and racist views that was outlawed in israel and and considered a terrorist group in the united states these will be the allies of benjamin netanyahu in the upcoming government and they will be competing on how hardline their policies towards palestinians will be in a nutshell it will be a platform of no no to palestinian rights a palestinian state no to the nine hundred sixty seven borders or international law and certainly no to a future promising any prospect of peace just more oppression this possession and anik sation while palestinians are expected to surrender and accept their miserable fate under this formula as should netanyahu pursue a more aggressive right wing agenda as you just said. how do you think the

international sphere would react to that given that international opinion is already increasingly turning against israel every street which of the palestinian so if netanyahu does go ahead with this annexation what kind of consequences do you think there would be. well theoretically there should be very strong consequences for these actions because they don't just threaten palestinian rights the idea of mainstreaming annexation of territory by force the idea of disregarding and discarding all semblance of respect for international law threatens the international order. as a whole ironically though and very regrettably i think so far what we've seen is that the international community has failed to really. offer any kind of counter but balance to the the support that trump has offered an opinion whose previous

government and will undoubtedly offer this upcoming government the kinds of steps that. so far in favor of netanyahu would like the recognition of the annexation of the golan which is illegal the wreck of the illegal recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital as well as all those steps haven't really been countered by any kind of serious measures internationally and that is a cause for serious concern and palestine and it should be really for people concerned with with international law and peace around the world but i don't really see much of a change in the foreseeable future unfortunately do you think that. the strong support that netanyahu is receiving from donald trump is going to embolden netanyahu needs policies. it already has. emboldened and

empowered that the new hope not just to drop all pretenses and and vald to prevent the establishment of a palestinian state but also to forge alliances with the fundamentalists and in the israeli see in that up until recently were considered untouchable those are the people that he will be looking to to form a government so this. administration and its theme its ideology its reckless behavior internationally and specifically when it concerns palestine and israel has definitely empowered him and further entrenched his positions and drag them further to the right in fact. noid a palestinian political analyst thank you for your time and for sharing your insights on the matter. now the british prime minister has arrived in the belgian capital for an emergency summit to plead for a break that extension until june thirtieth the u.k.

is divorced from the european union is that this point settled for friday when joining us now live from berlin is peter all of our people to see you as always now eight leaders have arrived in brussels what have we heard from them so far. well the one of the first leaders to arrive was the one that all the focus is on at the moment to resume a the british prime minister turned up she said that she was hoping that she could represent her country represent those voters that voted for brakes it but really what she did in a very short interview she walked down the red carpet was past the blame for the the failures really we've seen so far from herself and her government and on to the u.k. parliament. many people be frustrated that the summit is taking place. because the u.k. should be used by now and i create to drench the fact the parliament is not being able to pass a deal that would enable us to be in

a speech and also the way that i and the government continue to find a way forward. well also arriving in brussels is perhaps the man who's been tipped this as bad cop when it comes to this all twenty seven e.u. leaders need to sign off on an extension now to reason may want to see an extension to lift thirtieth of june however a lot of other leaders want to see a far longer extension one of those leaders though has spoken out that they he's going to need and the europeans have european leaders are going to need something in reply for that longer extension that's francis a minute he's gone as far as to suggest and what's coming out of the corner he's gone as far as to suggest and what's coming out at the moment is that if a long term extension say a year or even longer was to be extend granted to the u.k. then perhaps the united kingdom would have to give up its. commissioner on the e.u. commission would be the first time since one thousand nine hundred three the u.k. hadn't been represented there as the french president arrived in brussels though he

was talking about about unity about saving the project and everything that went with that. we must remain united as i believe it's important for the viability of the. european project that's what's at stake it's essential that nothing compromises that situation we have the european nations to preserve and they don't want to come and hindered it's the time for decisions is now. well if money were in mcallen is being tipped as the bad cop of the big major members of the e.u. twenty seven really the good cop perhaps could be german chancellor angela merkel to resume a with here in berlin under in paris in fact on tuesday for talks with both of them but before the german chancellor left in she did say that although she was open to talks these breaks it's because the ations these constant breaks that summits they

can't continue indefinitely. i think the extension should be assured as passable be long enough to create a certain calm so we don't have to meet every two weeks to deal with this same subject that. well when mrs merkel arrived in brussels she was a little bit more positive as she greeted press there she said that she hoped a solution could be found that it was a solution that allowed the united kingdom to respect what its voters had voted for and that's the breaks that could happen in an orderly fashion but what we are expecting to hear from this evening summit i say this evening is it may well run into the early hours of thursday morning a lot of people are prepared for that to happen is that. the european commission president put forward a plan called flex tension which is essentially a one year extension of article fifty which would mean that the u.k.

remained a full member of the european union but in that time they could try and come to some kind of agreement in the united kingdom of how they could accept the withdrawal agreement that's been put forward by the european side this is of course the agreement that was the. deal that was done between two reason may government and the e.u. twenty seven now it's being knocked back three times by the european parliament already i beg your pardon by the british parliament already in the house of commons and no real alternative has been put forward so it does leave us in a situation where we are expecting an extension to be granted this evening i would say at the moment it's looking unlikely that it would be the reason may want to extension until the thirtieth of june nobody wants to be back in brussels for another emergency summit in a few weeks a few months time what we may well see put on the table and offered to the united kingdom is a one year perhaps even longer extension for them to well from what i've heard from

serb diplomats is to hold a general election or even hold a second referendum on withdrawal from the european union all together it leaves us at the moment with the same three options we've had for what seems like a lifetime now nikki the options are either an extension and we try and go away and work something out that article fifty gets cancelled all together which would ultimately kill breaks it and would come with its own whole lot of troubles or well the disorderly breaks this is the no deal breaks at the cliff it's being called which neither the united kingdom nor the european union want i think i've said this before but it's going to be a big night when it comes to break that tonight in brussels i'll be keeping an eye on for you all through the evening here on r.t. thanks peter we appreciate that always keeping your finger on the pulse artie's patel of. an economics professor grant's jones says that beyond the talks with brussels to reason they may find a breakthrough to break this impasse by meeting the demands of the opposition labor

party. could be damaging in the case of the no deal not only to the u.k. but also to many european countries on the mainland in the european union particularly those that do a lot of trade with the u.k. so all ireland france germany the netherlands denmark and so on and so there will be an extension maybe of a few months maybe of up to a year there are no discussions going on between the government the labor opposition party in the k. and there may be something to get out of those they're discussing particularly issues surrounding the customs arrangement that would exist after a break so it is very much demanding a formal customs union that is some people within the government would be attracted to that but others such as me and folks the foreign trade secretary is arguing that it's really a free trade agreement that we're after with the ability to make outside independent

trade deals with third party countries so a lot depends on the nature of those discussions and how they pan out whether an agreement can be brought to bear within the time that the extension allows. for a diplomatic dispute is brewing over the construction of a memorial museum at a former nazi death camp in poland also has rejected several requests from russia to take part in the project and if this thing an angry response from moscow is that even a dinner party. sammy bore was a nazi run killing center and any town secrets very few survive to average talent and scream course.

another unit arrived once they were already undressed they apparently understood where they were being taken naked and all in fear they ran away but where could they run everyone rushed to the barbed wire fences and there they were met with the fire of machine guns and rifles many people died from the bullets the rest were driven into the gas chambers the fires were burning into late at night that's all flames illuminated the evening black sky with its terrifying lights the whole camp and the surrounding territory. like thunder the screams of people rode over the death camp six hundred people exhausted yearning for freedom rushed forward shouting here

a in this single impulse the jews of russia are in poland the netherlands and from the czech it's a vacuum in germany united it was only then that the tower gods realized that something was wrong in the camp and opened fire. unlike auschwitz there is nothing left of sabi bore the extermination camp was destroyed by the nazis after the uprising and trees planted to conceal evidence it ever existed but there is concerned that key part. if as history are now being over look at the group this is a matter for the whole of europe through in the so people come. russians dutch french there were lots of people from other countries and that's what unites this pain the loss of people who were tortured there and died so that we never repeated the polish government started construction plans back in two thousand and fourteen

for a new visitor center at the site of the former death camp russia says that was unfairly sidelines and the design of the museum especially as a soffit soldier was behind the here roy group fold and this caper sabi war the committee behind the project includes representatives from slovakia the netherlands poland and israel as the construction of the museum moved forward paul and opened the betting for those who wanted to take part in setting up the museum interior but again all three obligations by russian museums all private entities were not approved by war sell polish russian relations are complicated and certainly when it comes to world war two they were complicated so i think the poles rather take control themselves of the narrative they're afraid of the russian narrative and they also don't want to give russia too much credit for liberating poland you can use history as a weapon and the poles haven't weaponize in history as a as many people have been doing some may call it historical amnesia some like paul

ince ministry of culture and national heritage say it's a logical decision the international steering committee made the anatomist decision about continuing cooperation between its current members who have already worked together for ten years in order to smoothly complete advance works on the new morial site the cultural standoff aside as high time average one as remembered for their suffering and bravery let me remind you of something where seventy thousand verses of the liberation of the auschwitz death camp. was broken out death care was observed in poland. reputing was not invited and given the fact that liberated by the red army i mean this is quite quite outrageous i would say so what we're seeing now is a continuation of this policy which is trying to. keep the russians out of

participating in the. effort to present the history of sobibor and the suffering of the of the inmates the horrible mass murders that took place there. police unions in france have expressed along a dramatic spike in the number of suicides among officers they say about this year on average one officer takes their own life every four days there is undoubtedly real suffering among the police officers who are confronted each day by social deprivation hierarchy who pressures and consecutive missions without the chance to rest. and worried because the cumulative tiredness will continue to have an impact on those of us most weakened by the demanding job for years the suicide rate among french police officers has been thirty six percent higher than among the general population the unions say that insufficient access to psychological help is a key contributing factor along with the stress caused by other occupational

hazards and i've also argued that an anti suicide initiative launched by the government last may has been largely ineffective our sister channel r.t. france has been talking to a union representative about the problem. the police should also the police are under-represented in society nowadays sister saidee itself develops in its own way which we saw there during the national why debate this is a disease for it's no surprise the police are just like the rest of us they have been subjected to this disease because it was an aggravated big stream tension concerning this suicides sure there are cases more and more of them and one of the main reasons is depression the last act of suicide the death of an officer whether it is a man or woman is the result from happiness or unhappiness isn't properly looked into a sort of but in this circumstantial measures won't change anything so but i call a calm gray will behave with the latest at the top of the at.

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we're trying to american foreign policy at its core isn't really about furthering national interest is there an ideological foundation that is the driver we're told it's all about democracy or is it really all about power and the purposeful denial of agency and others on the international stage. ratings and sell you taste it. to day my friends the word of the day is extremists yes extremist is our word of the day according to oxford dictionary of the definition of extremist is quote

a person who holds extreme political or religious views especially one who advocates illegal violent or other extreme action looking around the world today one could say that both here in the united states and in many other countries around the world we are surrounded and even led by extremists just take a gander at our headlines for example an extremist as someone who believes poor people trying to cross a border for a better life are animals that my friend would be an extremist who holds that view extremists are folks who would push us into world war three just to prove themselves right about a political bury tale as those are extremists they even have their own television shows on them as anybody an extremist is someone who would set fire to a sacred place of worship because they don't like the parishioners skin color and culture that is an extremist yes buried behind the latest headlines of mueller reports and birkin bag saving the resale market the new york times is reporting that three historically black churches have burned in less than two weeks in one

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