so. the u.n. security council see russia and the united states clash over a political and economic strategy. with all due respect mr ambassador you shouldn't be here. 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 gain respect from that you don't like when others interfere in your affairs no one likes that. the british prime minister makes the case for a short extension from the european union. historic election victory and fifth term as prime minister palestinians have already expressed concern that it will lead to further rights violations in the occupied west bank. or national. way less sliding deeper

into crisis amid that ongoing bit a power struggle with that in mind russia in the united states have clashed at the u.n. security council over how to approach the pay of a let's cross live to new york now with more political phyllis caleb plenty of emotion at the chamber this wednesday absolutely the meeting began in the security council chamber with reports from u.n. officials regarding the situation in the country access to food electricity and such and then from there we heard as the floor was opened up to members of the security council we heard from like paths representing the united states he is the u.s. vice president and he certainly had some rather heart wrenching accounts of conversations with venezuelans the heartstrings of the world community bemoaning the hardship in the country this is like pat's. at 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. to the you could you in the place we have already seen in other regions of the chilling stories about the suffering of people in iraq syria and libya from witnesses are based in the way it is off to that the real suffering began in those countries budget and still hasn't stopped do you want the same in venezuela. now in addition to making the remarks that he made regarding the humanitarian situation that we also heard vice president mike pence of the united states are referencing the second world war saying that the united states and other countries around the

world stopped to failed to stop a dictator on the lead up to the second world war being a reference to nazi germany however we then we have the response from the russian ambassador and the russian ambassador pointed out that the united states with its interference in venezuela's affairs its efforts to isolate the country economically it's seizing of venezuelan assets around the world seems to be contributing to the hardship in the country that it can't simply be blamed on the venezuelan government this is the response some of what we heard from the russian ambassador. we would use it with one hand you are grabbing venezuela by the throat introducing new sanctions and the strictures that prevent the country from developing normally with the i'm behind you up picking the pockets of venezuela you want to shamelessly expropriating venezuelan assets in western banks now it's also important to note that in his remarks attacking venezuela mike pence also singled out

a number of countries that have supported venezuela and come to its aid one of those countries is cuba this is what mike pence the vice president of the united states had to say in regards to cuba when addressing the situation in venezuela. for decades cuba has tried to create client states across our region. while normal countries export goods. cuba exports tyranny and strong arm tactics last week the united states took action to sanction ships transporting venezuelan oil to cuba and soon a president trumps direction the united states will announce additional action to hold accountable. ford's malign influence now there has been a long standing relationship between cuba and the bowl of varian government of venezuela cuba has provided medical doctors which have provided service to low income venezuelans and there has been a longstanding relationship between the two countries involving literacy volunteers

as well as doctors and such now the meeting is continuing in the halls of the security council with not only the members of the fifteen member body that leads the u.n. making remarks regarding the situation venezuela but a number of other countries speaking as well under the rules of the un the venezuelan government itself will have the right to address the meeting so the meeting is continuing all eyes on the security council chamber it's pretty clear that there are strong differences among different countries around the world about their situation in venezuela and who is responsible for it some forces that blame simply the venezuelan government other forces say that efforts by foreign powers to undermine and create a crisis in the country are at the root of the conflict ok we'll let you get back across that emergency session for now though can him open in new york thanks for that. you could also be a lonely evening ahead in brussels to resume a pushes for an extension to the u.k. to exit from the european union until june thirtieth currently britain's divorce

from the e.u. we should do it for this friday all the vest now considered unlikely to happen peter all of the house the nato still not all stakes bricks at summits in the belgian capital. 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 i know many people be frustrated at the summit is taking place. because the u.k. should be used by now and i greatly regret the fact the parliament is not being able to pass a deal that was in a list of the ministers and also the way that i and the government continue to find a way for 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 the big he's going to need and be europe yes of european leaders are going to need something in reply for that longer extension up front is a money well as the french president arrives 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 renascence to preserve and they don't want to come and hindered it's the time for decisions is now well if money went back on 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 reason may with here in berlin and in paris in fact on tuesday for talks with both of them but before the german chancellor left and she did say this. although she was open to talks these breaks it's because ca sions these constant breaks that summit's they can't continue indefinitely i think the extension should be assured as passive followed up will she be long enough to create a certain calm so we don't have to meet every two weeks to deal with this same subject 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 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 and i'll be keeping an eye on for you all through the evening here in r.t. economics professor garet jones says that beyond talks with brussels to resume a might find a breakthrough to the brics it impasse by meeting the demands of the opposition labor party. could be damaging in the case of a 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 and 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 lee and fox 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 within the time that the extension. of trumpets congratulated benyamin netanyahu on his apparent victory in israel's general election will most all of the votes counted the incumbent leader looks set to win a record fifth term as prime minister the right wing leader will still have to form a coalition alliance to cement his historic result but he still seems to be in high spirits. oh 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 and 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 clearly 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

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 courted 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 chief benny gantz who for the first time has come forward with a political party the blue and white party now they are a mechanic with him in the polls but they are unlikely 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 need to face the american president donald trump deal of the century there trump is likely to oss can pull concessions and of course don't forget the corruption charges that not 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 they state when i travel to election polls yesterday particularly in arab neighborhoods there you having people who actually turning out and they say that they feel that they need to be some kind of change that there was a call by many arab leaders arab citizens to boycott the elections it's very fluid at this stage we do expect though that the polls that the exit polls we're looking at now really are not going to change regardless of when those final results come in we discuss the election and what it could all mean for israel with political analyst norah day and communications expert. one cannot be indifferent to the. international stage. hold the rise of the.

opened with india with china. with africa. and these things hard. to ignore 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. a diplomatic dispute brewing over the construction of a memorial museum but a former nazi death camp in poland has rejected several requests from russia to take part in the project the sitting an angry response from moscow has artie's

medina. sabi bor was a nazi run killing center and an intense secret very few survive to average talent and scream horrors. 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 we 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 until 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 sheltering her a in this single impulse the jews of russia and poland the netherlands and from czech it's a vacuum in germany united it was only then that the tower got realized that something was wrong in the camp and opened fire. unlike 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 concern that key parts of his history are now being overlook that the this is a matter for the whole of europe after all in the so people come here not only poles russians dutch french there were also people from other countries and that's what unites to this pain the loss of people who were tortured there and died so that we never repeat 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 it was unfairly sidelines and the design of the museum especially as a soffit soldier was behind the hero roig revolt and escape for 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 want. to take part in setting up the museum interior but

again all three obligations sound 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 maybe not a mississippian about continuing the 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 when

the seventieth anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz death camp after its broken out death camp was observed in poland latin 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 any. effort to present the history of sobibor and the suffering of the of the inmates then the horrible mass murders that took place there. you know without the wiki leaks says someone's been spying on julian assange sharing his asylum stay in ecuador as london embassy will tell you that pointing the finger at after the break.

when tribes 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. joined me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of

the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. wiki leaks claims that its co-founder julian assange has been the subject of a u.s. led spying operation dating back to twenty twelve and he says that they have the details. well tensions have been escalating over the past few days off to wiki leaks tweeted that julian assange could be expelled from the ecuadorian embassy within a matter of hours or days and now speaking at a press conference in london weekly terror in chief says there's been an extensive spying operation against julian assange within the embassy itself this material gathered contains gigabytes of recorded video and already a material and photos as well monterrey massages every mason every visitor now

these documents were shown in the press briefing there were also copies of legal notes from his lawyers and also video recordings of doctors assessing a ship a songe and taking blood except tra let's take a listen to the wiki leaks editor in chief about what was actually obtained. covert . the exciting extensive spying operation against the us within the book which we know basically as ours has been living you know sort of the. truman show like situation inside the embassy what we have to stop this is that security cameras were used to more deter his every move. i would like to share it with the truck administration i feel familiar with the truman show the truman shows where truman's every move is watched and recorded now this was all and covers because the documents allegedly emerged in spain and we used by

a group who contacted wiki leaks and threatens to publish them citing their own terms and conditions few weeks ago we learned that some individuals in spain. where . the information that they had. much of tore off of documents relating to julian asserts that got a. email back from the individual and to the phones of those. where he said this material. has a price the prize is from three million euros it was photographs of julian so the embassy visit to see lopes for the photographs their weekly leaks editor in chief decided this was a matter for the police a full investigation has been opened some is currently being handled by a legal team who say this is a serious extortion case following this new discovery though this demonstrates exactly how much surveillance julian assange is under with his lawyer saying it's

a huge violation of confidence and a violation of privacy as well. india's general election starts on thursday but ahead of that a new player seems to event to the political arena facebook the social media giant being accused of interfering by blocking pages that it considers this information as donald quarter explained. facebook has been on fire lately removing thousands of pages it considered to be inauthentic and the target of their latest campaign meddling in india's upcoming elections as indians prepare to have roots in the general election for the seventeenth ha facebook and our family of apps continue our efforts to help make sure the elections are for and free from interference both from and domestic with almost two hundred fifty million users in the country facebook's regulation of political content has

a wide reach earlier this month they were moved over seven hundred pages marked fake and although only fifteen were promoting the ruling party prime minister modi took a big hit and that's because. those dozen or so pages had almost two and a half million more followers than the rest and who's helped facebook in the list to fight that election meddling domestic and foreign an american think tank called the atlantic council even its own employees were surprised some within our community may view this partnership with skepticism we would expect nothing less and encourage more in fact a healthy skepticism is a vital part of digital resilience but how healthy is that skepticism really. dig and this isn't the norm and it is rather american if. you don't and soon our modern. indian journalist a bit i or me try lodged a criminal complaint against facebook accusing the social network of waging

a war against india he claims the tech giant is trying to interfere in the internal process of the election at the behest of foreign powers really. not in the north. of the us. and you know one of the little. pieces. the atlantic council receives millions of dollars from the u.s. state department nato and washington's allies abroad could it be that some of that foreign funding is finding its way into a social media campaign against meddling both domestic and foreign why. this. crash. you know we're going to.

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