presidents putin and trumpet discuss and beyond rust in venezuela and a potential nuclear deal for north korea and hour long phone call. u.s. congress a woman says washington is partly to blame for the turmoil in venezuela the secretary of state brands her comments. and that disgusting. french interior minister is accused of lying after claiming he made a protesters attack paris hospital. and for the book is accused of censorship after banning some prominent right wing commentators for alleged hate speech.

broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t international i'm trying times glad to have you with us right now the leaders of russia and the u.s. have spoken by phone and trying to find common ground on some key global issues including venezuela donald trump said the conversation with lattimer putin was positive i had a very good talk with president putin probably over an hour and we talked about many things venezuela was one of the topics we're talking about a nuclear agreement where we make less and they make less and china is frankly also we discussed the possibility of a three way deal or sort of a two way deal. i've already spoken to them they very much would like to be a part of that deal so a long talk from the first log but when you think of it and realize that it is the two leaders of two of the world's superpowers discussing the most pressing issues

on the agenda well it doesn't sound like that long anymore so what did they talk about we do know that the talk was highly heavily dominated by the situation in venezuela and certainly a lot for the two leaders to discuss as personally it's not just two leaders but two geo political rivals in this sense because russia of course is supporting nicolas maduro the incumbent president saying that he is the legitimate ruler who was elected and washington supporting one y. deal and trying to oust nicolas maduro so obviously vladimir putin and donald trump try to look for common ground and we do know that they have agreed at least on one thing and that is if any transition of power was to take place in venezuela it should be very very peaceful seoul no arms no interventions nothing of the sort it seems that. donald trump do see eye to eye on that also they discussed the situation in north korea and that is particularly interesting of putting put in

context because vladimir putin did me to north korea's supreme leader kim jong just last week and we also know that. did somewhat to vent his frustration with the way washington chooses to do diplomacy with his country and vladimir putin apparently made something of a promise to pass those concerns to the american side of course no way of telling whether or not that was done during that phone conversation also the situation in ukraine got into the spotlight during the talk and world vitamin porton did make an emphasis of the minsk agreements it should be implemented that there should be more focus on how these agreements are. being implemented and it is of course something known as the minsk peace process and which is an internationally recognized and agreed on road map to restoring peace in ukraine to ending this bloody civil war

that is basically tearing the country apart also the situation around the release of the model report could not be overlooked so the two leaders briefly discussed this but the key word is briefly as apparently they chose not to focus on that to have a leap now both washington and moscow have said that they are finding this phone conversation to be a very productive one and indeed it is a very interesting introduction to the upcoming meeting of the country's two top diplomats circular and america's might come pay or said to talk to each other as soon as next week in finland and so maybe something else will come out of today's phone conversation after those talks meanwhile the u.s. role in venezuela is coming under scrutiny in washington democratic congresswoman. was partially blame or has partially blamed american policies for the devastation in the country and her words didn't go down well with top officials. a lot of the

policies that we have put in place has helped lead the devastation in venezuela particularly bullying in the use of sanctions to eventually into the and. make change really does not help the people of countries like venezuela for a member of congress who frankly one who sits at important national security committee to make a statement blaming america first of this way it's not only ignorant it's disgusting congresswoman doesn't know what she's talking about. in january the u.s. imposed sanctions on venezuela's state oil firm according to washington the sanctions will freeze seven billion dollars in company assets and lead it to losses of more than eleven billion dollars over the coming year but president trump claims he is trying to help the venezuelan people. the brutal repression of the venezuelan

people must stand it must and soon people are starving they have no food they have no water and this was once one of the wealthiest countries in the world so we wish them well we'll be there to help and we are there to help. venezuelan president nicolas maduro claims the opposition attempted to orchestrate a coup this week but military forces remained loyal to the president while hundreds of thousands of people marched in a show of support for people died in clashes between anti-government protesters and the police we discussed of the ongoing crisis with political analyst. cabrera. truth that with sanctions who who saw phoring write a country that's that's that's interested in intervening in another country for the sake of montagne the geopolitical interests or the natural resources or controlling the natural resources and exercising pressure through sanctions put people on the

extreme stress however at the same time omar is not mentioning all that the harm that model himself and his group of corrupt military officials has done to venice well i hear we have two groups i mean supported by two big powers that are really explaining the whole thing but not i mean no side can be at the center either you pretty surprised american intervention or if you criticize or you support the other the the the other side. they did buy the reach him so you know a lot of maher is you know is showing that there is at the bishan also within the united states regarding the approach of the united states itself so the united states with its approach is also dividing of the country.

the french interior minister has been accused of lying after claiming that anti-capitalists attacked staff at the paris ospital during a may day rally artie's dubinsky has the story. violence all may the first has been well documented in one of the most shocking stories that emerge from that violence with these allegations and particularly by forces interior minister that actually some of the reuters and those protesters were trying to attack a hospital trying to attack the staff and trying to enter into that hospital this particular hospital was actually a surgical intensive care unit and there was descriptions of the patients inside saying that they were in quite carry situation many of them were intimidated some ventilated and that the staff at whom rickly tried to fight off that attack of those protesters entering into the site this is what france's interior minister had to say about that event the. hospital was attacked its medical

staff were attacked and the police officers sent to protect them was hurt unshakable faith in our security services there the pride of the republic well that's his version of events but in a twist going on here social media has been flooded with videos showing exactly what happened on the ground in that hospital and actually what we've seen from those videos and social media some of which were actually taken by members of staff inside the hospital don't show what the interior minister said happened in fact what they show is that the c.r.s. the security forces with charging at protesters those protesters were fleeing from the security services and as such they were seeking refuge inside the hospital not just for that charge but also because of the tear gas that had been deployed in the area so a very different version of events and as such opposition politicians here in france have described christopher kasten a as being

a liar and some of them have even called to his resignation. if it was a deliberate lie in turn it soley to deliver and turn issue a social movement then the interior minister should be fired without doing. kristoff. shamelessly and manipulated the press to spread these lies you know who's enough given the facts he has no choice but to resign well in other developments coming out of that may day protests in france it's also a message that this video showing the police officers actually picking up paving stones from the road and throwing that towards protesters now we know that this is a weapon of arsenal that the protesters have used for many months during the yellow vest protests and indeed on the may day but this is the first time in paris we've seen evidence of the police using what essentially is an un sanctioned weapon

against the protesters it begs the question whether the police are the ones who inciting the violence and instead of trying to control the situation they're actually poor ring oil on the fire. meanwhile hospital staff have spoken to the media describing the moment when mayday protesters rushed into the facility. so i'm almost sheer number of them startled us at first but very quickly they started to listen some try to calm them down it's a hospital calmed down they understood that we couldn't lead the man and now when it comes to finding someone to blame we don't know there's nothing to say i think when you take part in a protest things always get a little bit out of hand and that's the weight is. on the there were several of us we didn't see any black blocks we saw some yellow vests who were in a panic going in all directions there were about ten of them they went up the stairs and at the door they asked for something for their eyes which they said were

stinging we saw no signs of forced entry doors or anything some call extrude go to treat their ice. opposition lawmakers in the u.k. are calling for an official inquiry into the leak of classified information from a government meeting prime minister theresa may fired the defense secretary gavin williamson after the incident but he denies any wrongdoing and he's point one has more. this was a man of course who had huge political ambitions it was said that he wanted to work his way to the very top to succeed to reason may but his fall from grace appears to have been even faster than a sort of fast track to success to reason may sacked him as defense secretary earlier this week she accused him of leaking highly sensitive information i pity you delete information from the investigation which provides compelling evidence suggesting your responsibility for due north arise disclosure i can no longer have

full confidence in you as secretary of state for the fence and a minister in my cabinet and ask you to leave her majesty's government given williamson is calling for a criminal investigation into the leak in order to establish his innocence he's sworn on his kids' lives that he wasn't behind the leak there are now rumors in westminster that williamson could be out for revenge that he's got enough dirt on the prime minister to bring her down he has been working at the top level of cabinet the highest echelons of power for a few years now he was eventually brought into cabinet as defense secretary way he was rather outspoken and. frankly russia should go away it should churchill.

and surrounding areas i don't think let me thank you. for your very wrong business that. indeed we take a keris and stick approach. personally i don't like the stick. but it is amazing. what's come be achieved with the shelf and. you can see that gavin williamson wasn't without his quirks he was famous in parliament for keeping a pet tarantula named crudeness on his desk and he has been posting rather a lot on social media in fact he's quite prolific keep posted since his sacking a photograph on instagram with his two pet dogs saying that it's been a really tough week but it is so all ok when you get to come home to your pets he says he's going to have a lot more time for them now he's now been replaced by the u.k.'s first ever female

defense secretary penny mordant she's a royal navy reservist and fun fact she once worked as a magician's assistant now looking at the dialogue election results today am with gregg's it still dragging on and with williamson refusing to shut up and go away perhaps to reason may is hoping that some of penny more dense magic will rub off on her. facebook has burned some prominent right wing commentators for alleged hate speech those who are much more of sure but this is orgy internet. i put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be present. for some want to. have to be right to be close that's

what the before three of them can't be good. interested in the water. they should. seem wrong. just don't all. get to shape out. and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. she's to look for common ground.

they're welcome back this is our t. international now facebook has banned us some controversial right wing figures for allegedly posting extremist content to the ban also applies to instagram but which is owned by facebook and the people on the list include alex jones and his info wars page one with former breitbart news editor millo yano posts and political activist laura loom or. explaining the decision facebook says it has always banned individuals or organizations that promote violence and hate regardless of ideology but you tube or paula jones have watson who has also been banned by the social media giant claims the move is purely political. i was given no reason whatsoever for being banned by facebook or instagram this is punishment this is a political purge this has nothing to do with hate or violating terms of service

yesterday ever wrote an article about how i was leavin in the digital gulag on holocaust remembrance day and today even though i was honest and have dedicated my life to competent jew hatred these nazis in silicon valley ban me or in facebook's action has sparked a censorship debate with some saying the move has worrying implications for free speech. every conservative should be concerned about alex jones prison planet and others getting an arbitrary banned from facebook platforms you an extent censorship is entering a new more hysterical face soon there will be no right wing activists or commentators laughed how about jack benny donald trump from twitter for violating the company's rules against hate and violence so much damage already done so many demented and delusional followers have been radicalized in many people ate it by cause facebook

. ben harris kinney chair of british think tank the bow group thinks facebook has a clear political bias. they're reacting to the election results like the brits like the election of donald trump and it would appear that the phil is a company that they want to put themselves on the side of the debate they need to be regulated as such as a as a political actor in the debate rather than a platform for free debate which i think it's now very clear they are not facebook very clearly putting themselves on one side of the political debate it is absolutely it could tell them to free speech because they're saying these individuals are dangerous well many people like myself see them as perfectly reasonable act is it a political debates they have huge following across a variety of platforms facebook is clearly pushing itself as a political act why is it skating the regulation that other media companies face.

and alleged long time collaborator of wiki leaks co-founder julian a songe will remain in pretrial detention in ecuador a court in the country has dismissed an appeal by all of beenie who was arrested in quito last month on the same day assad was taken into custody in the u.k. all of being me is a software developer and a privacy activist who has reportedly worked with we've only in the past been he was arrested by ecuadorian authorities on charges of trying to hack computer systems in the country however his lawyers claim the case is politically motivated . now and not every investigation by they have been demonstrated what system it is supposed to be hot when to get it. or where to go i mean what information that they have we want to show to the world that the decision made here was a political one though you said there were aspects of the hearings that i did not

like for example the difference in time allocated we were granted just fifteen minutes to talk with the prosecutors spoke for almost one hour and fifteen minutes more critically some of our arguments were dismissed by the judges. julian assange is in a british prison after being sentenced to fifteen weeks in jail for breaking his bail terms the u.k. is now considering an extradition request from the u.s. where he is wanted for allegedly conspiring to hack into classified government files told a london court on thursday that he would not surrender voluntarily to the americans activist who was also accused of hacking into u.s. government computers believes assad has a huge battle ahead of him. i think he's going to have an uphill struggle everyone has an uphill struggle under us that should or should request because it's a very unbalanced treaty said the u.s. doesn't have to provide any evidence they just have to have that paperwork in the presumption is a lead towards exhibition if we manage to win there's

a lot of campaigning and a lot of support political support for him and he. is going to have a harder time because he's already out of this politically he's upset the establishment in the u.k. the establishment i would say is complicit in his persecution we need to do everything we can as members of the public and support is this list of people involved to ensure that we do you know i allow the injustice and isolation to happen. the u.s. is expected to continue its support for the saudi military intervention in yemen the senate has failed to overturn president veto of a house resolution on ending washington's involvement in the war. saudi arabia is a despotic dictatorship that works over time to prevent any movement in that country toward democracy this is also about squaring

us policy with national security interests and getting the blood off of our hands we ought not give unflinching unwavering unquestioning. devotion to a regime that treats its own people that way. the house passed a resolution opposing involvement last month with sixteen republicans among those voting in favor however it was blocked by donald trump who dubbed it a dangerous attempt to weaken his constitutional authority saudi arabia launched its bombing campaign in yemen back in two thousand and fifteen to support the government against shia rebels the campaign has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of civilians and left much of yemen in ruins.

he sees it as a business decision and if he has to do with a murderous regime he will continue to do so. he has no compunction. morally or with any regard to human rights to in their relationship he sees it strictly as a transactional relationship to keep us cannibalism going to fuel us industry and the us military and bar he has no human rights concerns. a tropical cyclone in india has left at least seven people dead more than a million have been evacuated from the eastern state of shock and wind speeds two

hundred kilometers per hour have been recorded along with heavy rainfall which has brought down trees and power lines more than four thousand emergency shelters have been set up to cope with the displaced people bangladesh is now bracing for the cyclons impact as it moves east. and that does it for me i will back with more news in about thirty five minutes you are watching arch international glad to have you with us. ts khaled el hotep international memorial awards twenty nineteen are now open for entries. media professionals are eligible whether you are a freelance journalist what full terms of media or part of a global news coffee talk to supreme central published works and video written for much go to award dot altie dot com and enter now. during the great depression which i'm old enough to remember there was most of my

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the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. my son doing drugs my nephew was still in drugs my sister just spent doing drugs it was like an epidemic of drug abuse america's public enemy number one. in the united states is drug abuse which is sort of going after the users in the prison population who are we started treating sick people people who are addicted to these drugs like criminals while i was on the hill i increasingly became convinced that the war on drugs. there are countless number of people who are in prison for. a long sentence in this for minor minor offenders in the drug trade it's a lot watching your children grow up and miss you in waves and say by daddy as

you're walking out of a business it's just it doesn't get easier. broadcasting around the world and covering the world of business and finance and how it affects you this is a bone bust on daniel boyd in washington d.c. we're glad you're on board coming up today the latest u.s. job in g.d.p. numbers are showing surprising strength steve malzberg will be here to dive into the details and over is facing a class action lawsuit from australian cab drivers who say the rate rider healing service put them out of business by.