at its core is it really about furthering national interest is there an ideological foundation that is the driver we are told it's all about democracy or is it really all about power and the purposeful denial of agency others on the international stage. crisis talks at the u.n. security council see russia and the united states over venezuela as america's vice president gives a blunt assessment to the ambassador. with all due respect mr ambassador you shouldn't be here. you should return to venezuela. until 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 if you don't like it when others interfere in your affairs no one likes that. british

prime minister. to delay the date for the rest of the room is torn over how long she should get. israel's. election victory and a fifth term as prime minister. live from russia this is r.t. international from moscow. a lot to update you on as well with developments in all four corners of the globe going to start with venezuela though in that ongoing power struggle that's sending the country sliding deeper into crisis with that in mind a few hours ago rusher in the united states clashed at the u.n. security council over how to tackle the evil. following the session in new york. well the fifteen member body that leads the united nation convened in the security council and the meeting began with presentations by u.n.

officials describing the crisis in the country then when member states began to speak mike pence the u.s. vice president represented the usa and gave remarks harshly critical of the venezuelan government he told a heart wrenching story of an interaction he ad with a venezuelan father and his sons from there he went on to call for governments around the world as well as the un itself to withdraw all recognition from the dear oh and recognize one kwaito as the legitimate government the legitimate head of state of that is whaling now there was a response from the russian ambassador who pointed out the response from the russian ambassador who pointed out that the usa has quite a habit of telling the heart wrenching stories in order to justify its interventions let's take a listen 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. because he said it is too little boys looked up. and nodded. to the you could you in the commuter we have already seen in other regions the chilling stories about the suffering of people in iraq the syria and libya from witnesses are based in the west on the group which is after that the real suffering began in those countries and still hasn't stopped do you want the same in venezuela. now mike pence is remarks went on to invoke the second world war saying that the usa and the rest of the world failed to take action against dictatorship in germany and that resulted in the second world war now russia spoke following the united states and the russian ambassador on made the point that essentially the situation in venezuela

can't simply be blamed on the government that interference by the united states and efforts by countries around the world to interfere in that as well as affairs and create a crisis in the country had a lot to do with the current situation this is the russian ambassador we would use it with one hand you are grabbing venezuela by the throat introducing new sanctions and restrictions that prevent the country from developing normally with the other hand you are picking the pockets of venezuela you want to shamelessly expropriating venezuelan assets in western banks it's also important to note that when mike pence spoke at the beginning of the meeting he referenced the government of cuba he accused the government of cuba of propping up the venezuelan government of supporting it saying that it had exported strong arms tactics this is somewhat like sounds like pence said in reference to the cuban government for decades cuba has tried to create client states across our region. while normal countries export

goods. cuban exports tyranny and strong arm tactics last week the united states took action to sanction ships transporting venezuelan oil to cuba. and soon it president trumps direction the united states will announce additional action to hold accountable for its malign influence cuba's relationship with the bowl of varian government in venezuela has been a longstanding cuba has set a number of doctors to venezuela who have then been providing medical care in low income areas furthermore cuba's literacy volunteers were key in the early efforts of the bolivian government to wipe out illiteracy in the country now venezuela under the un rules had the right to address the body after the un member states had spoken the venezuelan government criticised forces around the world for recognizing one wedo the individual declared to be president by the united states the self-proclaimed president of venezuela as the meeting concluded it was pretty clear

that there are very strong differences among the international community when it comes to the situation in venezuela and who is responsible for some forces simply blame the venezuelan government and are calling for its elected president in the dirt to step down however other forces look at the united states and other countries and look at their efforts to create a crisis in the country and undermine the elected government so there are clear differences all eyes were on the security council chamber as this meeting took place last we heard from lawyer and political activist kevin zeese who believes that the u.s. economic sanctions against venezuela are one of the key drivers for the country's crisis. this is a crisis brought by two things u.s. economic war these coercive economic threats and the drop in oil prices those are the two reasons why there's an economic challenges as well the united states wants to profit from venezuela more oil john bolton the national

security can do director has to well companies that he hopes that us all companies can profit the koch brothers were fine then as well there are fineries exxon wants to get back in of it as well or b.p. the u.k. wants to get back in there as well but venezuela because of the u.s. sanctions is reaching out to other countries to make the doctor its oil trade oil is very important to do as well since the one nine hundred twenty s. it has been moved top source of foreign currency so it's very important for them as well to continue its oil trade in order to help its economy recover from the attack by the united states. and all stakes summit is underway in brussels where twenty seven e.u. leaders are deciding on granting britain an extension on accepting the block and how long that should be the british prime minister's appeal for a short postponement to june the thirtieth she is now sitting out the rest of the discussion as the leaders convened the german chancellor noted that she had to

resign may share at least one thing in common even if it's only the choice of outfit. we have been hearing about the serious business that's been going on the first of the major e.u. leaders to speak has spoken with antonio the e.u. parliament president he addressed the press after his meeting with to reason may put forward eight points from the e.u. parliament side the highlights of those were that a no deal breaker that had to be avoided at all costs that there had to be agreement between the two main parties in the united kingdom over how withdrawal agreement would be handled also there could be no reopening of the withdrawal agreement and most importantly and one of the most forcefully by and through points

from the e.u. parliament president was that if the united kingdom has to field candidates in the upcoming e.u. parliamentary elections then they have to realize that these elections are no game so that in shifts the european parliament is the home of democracy because of this uncertainty the principle of popular representation is under threat we cannot go on like this so we must know what's going to happen and how long the extension will last for the european parliament games are not acceptable to the games at the expense of the people and their representatives the integrity of the parliament is non-negotiable well we've only heard a few words from to resume a while she's been in brussels they were as she arrived at the european parliament she spoke very briefly to journalists on the red carpet she basically said i've done everything i can to get this deal over the line and blamed parliament for the current impasse i know many people beatrice straight to the summit is taking place

. because the u.k. should be used by now hands i grade. to dress the fact that parliament is not being able to pass a deal that was in a list of the mysteries and also the way that i and the government continue to find a way forward well before going to brussels on tuesday to resume a was here in berlin and also in paris as well speaking to angle america and their money and they've really been dubbed as the good cop bad cop of how this extension if it is agreed does look like it will be agreed how it will be put across mccrone playing the role of bad cop now it's understood that he wants. well he wants concessions from the u.k. if they're to get a long term extension but as money was made his way into the european parliament he said he wanted that negotiations and warned that the the whole project was currently at risk 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 a european renascence to preserve and i don't want to come and hinder this the time for decisions is now well if micron has been playing bad cop angle or merkel has taken over the role of somewhat of good cop much more receptive saying that there was a role for the e.u. twenty seven that they had to listen to what to reason may have to say and that ultimately the u.k. voted to leave they may not want the u.k. to leave but that's what was voted for and we have to make sure that happens in the most ordered way possible through i think in view of do historical responsibility we face to enable us to have the possibility of a good future together we should discuss openly and constructively to prime ministers request of theresa may has now left the european parliament building she's going off for dinner the rest of the e.u. twenty seven though they're locked in these serious negotiations about what kind of

extension is going to be offered to the united kingdom to resume a went there. saying she only wanted an extension until the thirtieth of june that is not washing with the majority of e.u. leaders the lot of them saying it will have to be at least maybe one year they're locked in that dinner right now we're expecting it to go on for quite a while i'll be keeping an eye on it throughout the evening as soon as anything comes out of that i'll be back here on r.t. to tell you all about it so if you have front seems to be the one impatient voice against granting britain a long extension of former british politician alan scared says the french president is understandably impatient. if i would be smacked will i just do what i really want your view three wants to do. and have no deal because. i think the plurality of the british people before the new deal anyway but forty to forty five percent in opinion billion in opinion polls say that bruce would like no deal

parliament doesn't want to deal with the british public probably would live through that court happily. i if i were mark could i would just throw it out because the labor and tory parties in the talks aren't getting anywhere while the european you want put up with this rule and you know i don't know the only way the source things are would be real the agreement and getting rid of the nor lower than backdrop if they did that they could get a problem in to be curative for an agreement the next day for this so they will do . israel's been in netanyahu has clinched victory in the general election and will now serve a wreck or fifth term as head of government the opposition conceded defeat on wednesday evening but also issued a stern warning to the prime minister. we did not win in this round i respect the voters i respect their decisions but i look around and see the ultimate tool for victory in the next round i want to inform look at the netanyahu and the

coalition are we are going to make your lives hell we would turn the knesset into a battleground. although netanyahu got the edge in the end it was a tight run race the prime minister's likud party in the centrist blue and white alliance of his rival benny gantz both won thirty five seats appease but it's expected that likud will form a coalition government commanding a sixty five seat majority in the one hundred twenty c. knesset one leader in particular was quick to applaud netanyahu success. i'd like you can graduate. yalu it looks like that race has been won by him and maybe a little early but i'm hearing he's won it and wanted a good fashion show he's been a great ally this election has been a referendum on mr in a time the aus personal profile mr in a time you know is under has been indicted conditioned upon a hearing where he can state his own defense and therefore you know that's very

much what this election has been about and analysts here are saying and i join them that that is not enough to win an election having said that it is going to take a substantial amount of mr netanyahu is time however even if the hearing his ability to defend himself in a hearing even if he fails in that effort legally he is entitled to continue as prime minister until. a trial and some potential conviction which would take a good couple of years so there are there it is it is fully within the confines and the sanction of israeli law that a sitting prime minister can continue to rule to leave the country and even if he's been indicted now well i imagine most voters just took a short walk to that polling station one israeli entrepreneur traveled all the way from san francisco bringing over one hundred ex-pats to make them mock in the

election. as an israeli citizen i have the moral duty to comment and. state my voice and i felt like this is a very crucial election. to actually go ahead and make their fourth not just to kill myself but. to organize a group of people who could actually come and vote my expectation was that we could bring. we could increase the number of voters. in general and show some kind of like an example for everyone to go out and vote and by that to increase our participation and hopefully the more let less extreme government coming up with this election. applied to the vote the israeli pm vowed to extend sovereignty in the west bank by annex and illegal settlements there something that was hailed by the right wing but raised and many concerns among palestinians they say that regardless of the election result

israel's approach towards them will remain the same. as palestinians we see no change in the all the israeli parties and all these names to run against palestinian rights and interests whoever the winner is in the israeli election we will be under occupation and these governments will change nothing for us and we think that the u.n. action and what is coming next from the new government you know probably be headed by the extreme right of the will only present with more land stolen more killing more violations neglecting the palestinian international legitimacy the israeli elections in general were 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 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 note 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 antics a show while palestinians are expected to surrender and accept their miserable fate under this formula. diplomatic dispute is pretty of brewing over the construction of a memorial museum at a former nazi death camp in poland was projected several requests from russia to take part in the project and that's elicited an angry response from moscow here's artie's medina cultivar. sami boer was

a nazi run killing center and any town secrets there if you survive to average taliban scream chorus. 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 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 france czech is a vacuum in germany united it was only then that the tower guards realized that something was wrong in the camp and opened fire. unlike that 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 its history are now being overlook

the 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 you know 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 here royd group fold 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 wanted to take part in setting up the museum interior but again all three applications 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 have been weaponized 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 in mississippi continuing the cooperation between its current members who have already worked together for ten years in order to. smily complete advance works on the new morial site the cultural standoff aside it's high time avril one as remembered for their suffering and bravery let me remind you of something when the seventieth anniversary of the liberation of the asteroids was broken out death care was

observed in poland. was not invited and given the fact that it was 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 the horrible mass murders that took place there. police unions in france have expressed alarm over a dramatic spike in the number of suicides among officers they say that this year on average an officer takes their own life every four days. there isn't really 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 of for years the suicide rate among french police officers has been thirty six percent higher than among the general population the union say that insufficient access to psychological help is a key contributing factor along with the stress caused by other occupational hazards. they've also argued that an anti suicide initiative launched by the government last may has been largely ineffective assistance channel r.t. france has been talking to a union representative about the problem. the police are under-represented in society nowadays society itself develops in its own way we saw the during the national why debates 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 with an aggravated big strain tension concerning the 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 enough history whether it is a man or woman is the result of unhappiness their own happiness isn't properly looked into it but in this circumstantial measures won't change anything so. wiki leaks claims that its co-founder julian assange has been the subjects of a u.s. led spying operation dating back to twenty twelve reporting from london here's a nice. 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 contains gigabytes of recorded physio and or d.m. material and photos as well munter in the songes 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 songe and taking blood except let's take a listen to the wiki leaks editor in chief about what was actually obtained. the extensive spying operation against. within the ecuadorian embassy julius 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. quite like this year to with the truck administration if you're familiar with the truman show the truman show is where truman's every move is watched and recorded now this was a will and covets because the documents and legibly 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 a pensioner aunt you know the information that they have that much of toral fourth documents relating to julian asserts that got a. e-mail back from the individual and to the phones of us. where he said this material. has a price the price is from three million euros it was photographs of julian so at the embassy visit to see lopes for the photographs there wiki 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 that this demonstrates exactly how much surveillance julian assange is under with his lawyer saying it's

a huge violation of confidence ounds and a violation of privacy as well. in the years general election gets going in for our words but in the run up to that a new player seems to have entered the political arena facebook the social media giant being accused of interfering by blocking pages that it considers as disinform ation as don't want quarter now explains. facebook has been on fire lately removing thousands of pages it considered to be an authentic and the target of their latest campaign meddling in india's upcoming elections as indians prepare to brooch in the general election for the seventeenth look so facebook and family of apps continue. to help make sure the elections of 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 removed 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. and is russia. and. india 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. yes. this is the evidence. 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 do we need this true.