and. you. may day celebrations are drowned out across you are a prince that marred by mass rallies violence and arrests. the u.s. attorney general testifies to the senate test democrats accuse him of misleading the public on the miller report. and we could expand or join in a son just sentenced to fifty weeks in prison in the u.k. for skipping bail back in two thousand and twelve when he claimed asylum at the aqua door and that's a. lie

from the russian capital you're watching our team for national welcome to the program. may day celebrations and france have been overshadowed by street violence one group of riders schooled their approach asked armageddon shall lead to open ski reports from paris. you. may day stone to groups violence the school the protests the official protests even began those protests is try to move. from them open us up to woods blast it's only

one and a half hours before the official protest time as a result of that the police blocked them off about half a kilometer away started firing tear gas and pushing people back and used that opportunity to make arrests of the black blocks these the black blocks that the interior minister christopher cast in a woman's about coming yesterday saying that they were going to be traveling to this protest to cause scenes of chaos to turn paris into a city of riots that's what we've seen for large parts of the protests all around plus to italy which is the end of the official procession we have seen tear gas used to cannons use trying to put out vehicles that have been set on fire by some of the protesters and you can see a huge huge security force all around the perimeter all over this area just in the last few minutes before we came on i we saw some of the protesters looking like they were trying to make

a barricade here something that we've seen them do elsewhere in the route as a result of that some of the mobile police forces came in with their batons hitting them and taking them away and detaining people but there have also been injuries today including over one russian journalist who was caught up in the fray at the very beginning over the protest clearly labeled on her that she was a t.v. journalist yet despite that due to the fact that she was in the middle of that for a police officer apparently hit quite badly with a baton and she is now receiving treatment for her injuries so there's the file and we know about the injuries what i would like to tell you is about the security service seven thousand four hundred security personnel only today in paris to try and keep a lid on this violence and i can hear behind me it sounds like we're getting from reuters. come up as more of the protesters who are here full this may day protests

are making their way to the end of this procession once again violence here in paris water cannons being used tear gas the police are out with their battles trying to push protesters away making those arrests and again we've seen injuries but let's not forget the protesters have also been damaging property in fact we saw a medical faculty with the university of so bone that had its tools smashed in the last half an hour and we've also seen other evidence of destruction by some of the protesters today so once again another protest in paris that's descended into violence and chaos elsewhere may day rallies saw people turn out over a local cause this talent police had to intervene in curing when scuffles broke out between supporters and opponents of a planned hif rail link with france and the russian city of st petersburg around fifty people were arrested during a street protest germany also so widespread several on rast on may day and

dozens of people were detained it is done of was there for us. this is the ante for a rally yearly something of a yearly event where tens of thousands of left leaning activists come to central bilin and march through the streets now this was supposed to be the final destination of that march but obviously people oh well they didn't want to go and so we've seen perhaps under the influence and perhaps since they've chanted so many anti police slogans here they're finally putting some actions beside the words we've seen lots of lots of glass bottles being thrown around here at the police and this is the final point of this march and there will be people they just don't want to go away and we see the police detaining the instigators and basically trying to clear out this square and this show. that you can clearly see here is one of the

instigators if you just point the camera over there this is one of the instigators being taken away they had a helicopter flying overhead that helped the police pinpoint. the wrongdoers who are the instigators who are the people responsible for the violence now of course here we have committed crews and the demonstrators on the happy with the actions of the police thousands of people tens of thousands of people have shown today and activists and they've been chanting lots of anti capitalist slogans burning a flag as of course the police is telling people here to disperse basically what they're trying to do is they're trying to clear the square because the march is over officially but people they intend to stay so this is how it's been so far hopefully no more violence. u.s.

attorney general william barr is defending his actions over their release of the report findings in front of the senate that says the special counsel behind the russian best english and recently confronted bar over his assessment of the probe now democrats are calling for bars immediate resignation claiming him as lads the american public over the results of the russia probe. attorney general baum misled the public and owes the american people on says it's time for the d.o.j. to release the fool report and all on the line docs and find in the end no merlot to testify americans deserve the facts bar must stop standing in the way for anyone out there who still down today it is let's a shows that attorney general has always been the chief propagandist for president trump he's full page let's a totally misled congress and the public he should resign immediately many democrats were expecting that the special counsel report from robert muller would

contain some kind of bombshell revelation that would bring down the trump administration however the report came out and that was not the case so it seems that the democrats are blaming william barr the attorney general for that now william barr has been basically defending himself against allegations that he misinterpreted the probe's findings and that he undermined public confidence it's been alleged that in releasing miller's letter that basically that somehow he created confusion about critical aspects of the investigation but barr was pretty stanton saying he didn't do anything wrong and this is william barr before the u.s. senate i asked him if he was suggesting that the march twenty fourth letter was inaccurate and he said no but that the press reporting had been inaccurate and that the press was reading too much into it and i asked him you know specifically what his concern was and he said that his concern focused on his explanation of why he did not reach

a conclusion on obstruction. and he wanted more put out a mad issue now william barr has been adamant that donald trump did not obstruct justice he has stood by that that his assessment of the report from bob muller the special counsel report indicates that donald trump did not obstruct justice or violate the law and he's responded to quite a tough challenge when it comes to that point let's take a listen did you find that to be a persuasive act of obstructing justice. no. your figures for you are very destructive a former aide to tell the truth journal and recuse himself shut down the investigation and declare the president did nothing wrong. i don't think you well obviously since i didn't find it was obstruction of structure or for you well i

don't know if that declares the president did nothing wrong although the president in terms of collusion did nothing wrong isn't that correct so it seems like even after the report of special counsel robert mueller saying there was no collusion the trump russia story continues to persist now with democrats determined that they want further answers and that they are unsatisfied with the results of that investigation. our friends who are presidential hopeful for the us libertarian party gave us his hughson the latest allegations from the democrats. because mostly backfiring on democrats right now because it's making them look absurd i mean again when you go from russia's interfering in american elections all the way down to well the attorney general didn't accurately summarise the findings of the special counsel in a way that the special counsel liked enough i mean it's just becoming stupid now it's i don't think this is really damaging trump's credibility it's just turning this whole thing is even more of

a joke than it already was that they're actually going to continue this nonsense i think they've just backed this losing strategy and are going to keep on backing it just to just about as long as they possibly can and you know they they've already lost this debate and they're still fighting it to me it's just kind of a joke. we can expound originally in our son who has been sentenced and britain to sixteen weeks in prison for skipping bail in two thousand and twelve are seascape partridge reports now from london. julian assange was sentenced to fifty weeks in prison for breaching his bell conditions set in twenty twelve the judge there deborah taylor she said that the case was particularly serious and merited almost the full sentence which would have been a year she rejected the claims by his defense that she should also give him leave me and say due to the fact he'd already spent seven years in the ecuadorian embassy

or while he was given the sentence julian assange or she was impassive standing there in the dark but his supporters up in the public gallery chanted shame on you as a sentence was passed his sentence for seeking and receiving asylum is twice as much as the sentencing guidelines the so-called speed boat killer convicted of manslaughter was only sentenced to six months for failing to appear in court during the song should be in the ecuadorian embassy here in central london for almost seventy years not sought asylum there to avoid being extradited to sweden where he was wanted for questioning in relation to sexual offenses well his defense attorney today mark some as he presented a letter that julian assange had written trying to explain the extraordinary circumstances in which he faced and also mitigating circumstances he said that he apologised on reservedly for not handing him self into the old forties but that he had feared being extradited to the us way he lived in fear of potentially being on death row or even ending up in guantanamo bay it was my impression that the judge had written the. decision and written it out before she heard the mitigate it was

that there was absolutely no consideration given to the very very convincing mitigating factors in this case so it's an outrage and we are shocked. but there are other legal issues for signs to see so this was just the first of two with the next one on thursday that's in westminster magistrates court and that's an extradition hearing as part of his arrest on april the eleventh was also on behalf of the united states who once have charged him what they see as conspiracy with chelsea manning to do data. and distributes what they see as classified material this case even has always been about the risk of extradition to the united states and we now have a provisional extradition request from the united states the focus of our energies will now be on finding medics tradition. and not fight starts tomorrow the cool case on says they express expected to be extremely short very brief judean the start expected to attend the viral video link but then the u.s.

prosecutors are expected to provide more evidence more details about more charges later on in june we heard from two rights activists and they gave us their take on why door decided to expel us from the country's embassy. leaks from within door and government official leaks have indicated that there was a deal that the trump administration offered a favorable trade deal of economic benefits including debt relief to ecuador if. it was handed over and that is what appears to happen but we haven't actually got that absolutely confirmed and obviously we're unlikely to because neither the top administration nor the ecuadorian government will want to admit it unless we have a whistleblower who will you know the memo we won't know for certain but i suspect that it's all about a deal with the u.s.

that lead to being evicted from their kid or an embassy in london in the end the u.s. will get what they want they're the biggest bully and they're going to be the ones that will fight to bring him to the states there are so many powerful entities they're trying to take him down. to silence him because they're afraid of the great journalism one hundred percent accurate journalism that he has done for the past decade and that is a real threat to the powers that be even as well and president has invited the opposition to start talks and and the ongoing crisis one that story and more coming up right after the break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy

confrontation let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic development only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. to. any head of state. is a. good bit of shuttle looks funny you can see this woman you know. just like she was drinking in that suit so where we will use it even though it will be the mostly focused on the political aspects that are told we're going to discuss the subject of no interest to us because they're still bring mr therefore we tried to offer something flips and played job.

welcome back when as well this president has invited the opposition to engage in talks after the latest wave of unrest nicolas maduro called for a day of dialect after announcing that an illegal cool town had been put down eighty people were injured in clashes on wednesday after opposition leader won quite the orange to his supporters to stage of the largest protest and the country's history. but i want to tell you. we are now to meet a square where a second day of protests is developing these protests were called yesterday by one wedo in a group of military officials the right stuff and call on civilians and military to join the operation freedom yesterday also opposition leader leopoldo lopez was

freed after five years in prison at the moment he is in the quality of guest at this banish embassy in caracas today also sixteen states are joining these protests called by one white oh you know they're sons of this city because my door also called and he supporters to celebrate the labor day in caracas and also the rest of the country yesterday we saw some fierce clashes between opposition protesters and some forces a seal loyalty class material. was right. at home all right. the protests yesterday left not only blocked roads also burned

cars and a big number of injured the opposition leader has the full support of the u.s. once again with secretary of state pale saying that washington isn't ruling allen sending in troops. military action is possible if that's what's required that's what the united states will do earlier pompeo suggested that even as well and president had been ready to feed the country but nicolas maduro was told to stay put by russia. literally. getting prepared to get on this airplane and out of the country before you stop stop really at the direction of the rush he was ready to leave this morning as we understand it the russians indicated he should stay he said during his the plane ready to go to cuba to flee and the russians took him off the plane and food bade him to leave the country. least be serious. russia responded as well accusing washington of launching

a descent from asian campaign to deem all arise then as well and pump a zero has spoken to his russian counterpart about the crisis in caracas said a gay lover of said that the united states interference goes against international law and could have serious consequences. meanwhile the united states has banned american airlines from flying over of an as well i'm saying it's due to political instability but with washington having flapped a series of sanctions on the country what i've got is the it has been looking at wot the us means when it says it stands with evan as well and people what are they why do so brazen attempted coup the violence both saud's the people even go i do hanging in the specially strange was what the united states had to say about it we need venezuela ruled by the people of venezuela not by extra little

forces you think he may have missed the irony this is the bolton who has done his damnedest to ensure regime change in venezuela whose country has championed regime change sanctioned venezuela frozen billions in state funds threatened with invasion now he's saying no one should meddle that it's up to the days women's to decide. of course not what he meant is no one but america all options remain on the table we said it would be a big mistake for me doro and those supporting him to use force against innocent civilians mr bolton's deficient of innocent i think defers from the classic meaning look at these demonstrators with guns shooting at troops and police i suppose the bullets of full of love to a few bad hold these innocents accountable says mr bolton we might invade

between the lines as thomas call a status where with you america will stand with you until freedom and democracy are restored by and can do yes. today interim president who i'm going to announce starts of a person. the government foolish supports the venezuelan people who in the quest for freedom and democracy democracy can be defeated what do you know they stand with the people never mind the sanctions and the misery for millions that they've caused a question these people exactly the jews say you stand with a few hundred machete gun wielding fellows that tried to stage a violent coup or the thousands upon thousands who concurrently marched in support of the venezuelan president but against this coup this is

clearly not a coup we recognize one go i do know as the legitimate interim president of venezuela and just as it's not a coup when the president of the united states gives an order to the department of defense it's not a coup for one go why don't you try and take command of the venezuelan military your info mr bolton one guy who was never elected doesn't control the military or ministries or anything he is the president but nicolas maduro the actual president supported by millions the military the ministries he's not the president see what i mean by strange it's almost like the bitter and banal things didn't go according to plan. for years watchdog has stopped publishing and assessments of the situation on the ground in afghanistan and particularly who controls the territories there the special inspector general

for afghan reconstruction explained the move saying that data is futile lately you and their fight against the taliban. they're good as ation has been gradually reducing the amount of information it makes public all for the last two years and twenty seventeen at the request of the afghan government and seized publishing data on casualties and other key conflict areas and since last july and stopped us sousing the afghan forces general performance this comes as washington steps up talks with the taliban after years of mixed signals over the best path to peace you have to tell up on willing to come to the negotiating table there's no talking to the taliban we don't want to talk to the taliban we're going to finish what we have to finish i want to reinforce to the taliban that the only path to peace and political legitimacy for them is through a negotiated settlement the taliban trembles because if you are put there to bring

you to the philippines side you the boys before the call for the taliban when their choices or to reconcile live in a roll over the border an agreement is yet to be finalized between the us and the taliban with iran fourteen thousand american troops still stuck stations in the country the eighteen year war has cost washington more than one trillion dollars and claimed the lives of at least twenty four hundred american soldiers and more than thirty one thousand afghan civilians afghan presidential candidate mohamed haneef anwar things americans should be held accountable for the civilian deaths. any criminal act by any civilian or military personnel of the united states on nato would have to be brought to justice through their competent legal or part it is the strong that this

justice process should not be politicized afghans have being victims of human rights violations over the past almost four decades peace activist calley believes the u.s. government does not want people to know what is happening and afghanistan the united states pentagon certainly doesn't want the advice of the united states popular as it doesn't really care about consent or assent to the war what they want is the money and if you are just people who truly understand what a disastrous failure and catastrophe is now going on eighteen year war in october to be the eighteenth year what this has represented in terms of failure and destruction i think people wouldn't choose to pay these extraordinary sounds and

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