president putin and trying to discuss the unrest in venezuela and a potential nuclear deal for north korea in an hour long phone call. a u.s. congresswoman says washington is partly to blame for the turmoil in venezuela and the secretary of state brands her comments ignorant and disgusting. the french interior minister is accused of lying after claiming may day protesters attacked staff at a paris hospital. and the facebook is accused of censorship after banning some prominent right wing commentators for alleged we.

are broadcasting live to read from our studios most of this is aren't international i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us 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 conversation with a lot of my putin was positive. and 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. and i've already spoken to them they very much would like to be a part of the deal so a long talk from the first 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 vitamin putin did make an emphasis of the minsk agreement 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 report could not be over locus of the two leaders briefly discuss this but the keyword 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 circle of of and america's might pompei are said to talk to each other as soon as of the next week in finland and saw 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 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 kind of helped lead the devastation in venezuela particularly bullying and the use of sanctions to eventually into and. make change really does not help the people of countries like venezuela for a member of congress who frankly one who sits on an 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 free seven billion dollars in company assets and it lead to losses of more than eleven billion dollars over the coming year but president trump claims he is trying to help of the venezuelan people the brutal repression of the venezuelan people must stand most 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 the ongoing crisis with political analyst. cabrera. truth that with sanctions who who is softening right 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 their extreme stress however at the same time or maurice not mentioning all that the harm

that model himself on 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 spry american intervention or you pretty size or you support the other the the the other side. they can do that by the region so you know a lot of mar 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. well the french interior minister has been accused of lying after claiming of anti-capitalists attack staff person hospital during

a may day rally or to show differently as the story. violence or maybe the first has been well documented in one of the most shocking stories. 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 called intensive care unit and there was descriptions of the patients inside saying that the ring which carries two ation many of them were intimidated some ventilated and that the staff at whom rick leaks like to fight off that attack of those protesters entering into the site this is war in syria minister had to say about that event the p.t.a. some petrea hospital was attacked its medical staff were attacked and the police officers sent to protect them was hurt unshakable faith in our security services

they are 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 were 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 as such opposition politicians here in france have described christopher cast in it as being a liar and some of them have even called to his resignation if it was

a deliberate lie intended soley to deliver and turn issues social movement then the interior minister should be fired without delay. christophe. you did shamelessly and manipulated the press to spread these lies you know who's you know 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 sanctioned weapon against the protesters it begs the question whether the police are the ones here inciting

the violence and instead of trying to control the situation they're actually poor ring oil on the fire meanwhile hospital staff spoken to the media describing the moment when mayday protesters rushed into the facility. still in the most 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 fire the defense secretary gavin williamson after the incident but he denies any wrongdoing or his public 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 do you not to rise 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 gavin 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 she's 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 brochure should go away the true church will. answer here. let me thank you. for the

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

a female defense secretary penny mordant she's a royal navy reservist and fun fact she wants well act as a magician's assistant now looking at the dialogical election results today and with greg that still dragging on and with williamson refusing to shut up and go away perhaps to reason may is hoping that some of pending militants magic will rub off on her. facebook has been to some controversial right wing figures for allegedly posting extremist content the ban also applies to instagram which is owned by facebook the people on the list include alex jones and his info wars page along with former breitbart news editor ya know full of and political activist laura bloomer. explain explaining excuse me the decision facebook says it has always banned individuals or organizations that promote violence and hate regardless of ideology but you tube or apologise of 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 all violating terms of service yesterday ever wrote an article about how i was leavin in a digital gulag on holocaust remembrance day and today even though i am a zionist and have dedicated my life to convert in jew hatred this nazis in silicon valley ban me facebook's action has sparked a censorship debate with some saying the move has a 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 left how about jack benny and 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 brick suit like the election of donald trump and it would appear that they feel there's 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 three 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 and 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 the regulation that other media companies face. and alleged a long time collaborator of wiki leaks co-founder julian assad will remain in pre trial 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 as it was taken into custody in the u.k. well the beanie is a software developer and a privacy activist he has reportedly worked with wiki leaks 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 ever investigations will find they have been demonstrating what system b.p. is supposed to do when she did it. where i mean what's the information that they were going to show to the world but the decision made here was a political one there were aspects of the hearing that i did not like for example the difference in time allocated we were granted just fifty 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. joining us on himself is in a british prison after being sentenced to fifteen weeks in jail for breaking his bail terms u.k. is now considering an extradition request from the u.s. where he use wanted for allegedly conspiring to hack into classified government files astonished all in one court on thursday that he would not surrender voluntarily to the americans activist laurie love who was also accused of hacking into u.s. government computers believes and 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 she should request because it's a very unbalanced treaty so the u.s. doesn't have to provide any evidence they just have to have that paperwork in order the presumption is a view on lead towards exhibition we managed to win there's a lot of campaigning and a lot of support political support from the m.p.'s and. she 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 and we need to do everything we can as members of the public and supporters of this list of people involved in journalism to ensure that we do you know i allow the injustice and isolation to happen in. the us 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 and 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 senate passage as well however it was then blocked by donald trump who dubbed it a dangerous attempt to weekend 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 says it is a business decision and if the 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 give us campbell isn't going to

fuel us industry and the u.s. military and bar he has no. human rights concerns. for palestinians have been killed in the latest cross border standoff between gaza and israel two militants were killed in airstrikes on hamas targets this according to the i.d.f. and two palestinian protesters died during friday's clashes at the border fence which also left fifty protesters injured protesters were demanding the end of the sea blockade imposed by israel and egypt back in two thousand and seven after the gaza strip came under control of hamas. switching gears now a tropical cyclone in india has left at least seven people dead more than a million have been evacuated from the eastern state of. wind speeds of 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. of. the bahamas is renowned for its beautiful beaches sparkling seas and increasingly it seems it's swimming swine pigs that love to paddle have become an attraction all of their own. did they. were they brought here hundreds of years ago by pirates explorers they are one of nature's most accidents. all right but cute as it all looks animal rights activists have raised the alarm they claim local businesses are mistreating the pigs and exploiting them for profit for example by throwing them into the water for the amusement of tourists came from the bahamas humane society says it all comes down to ignorance. i think the stupidity with the animals is fairly ignorant so we see the same form of

stupidity take place all over the world we have seen in many many video clips of tourists trying to feed them or what we've seen pictures of people trying to ride on their backs throwing sand teasing them. right to operators offering the chance to swim with pigs have defended their businesses saying if the animals are harmed the popularity of the original feral colony has seen a host of other pig related attractions spring up with the authorities now promising to regulate this side of the tourism industry came around again wants greater oversight. people need to know how to behave around them and they need to be careful and then needs to be someone who is watching and the can stop people from behaving inappropriately and unless there is adequate surveillance no i don't think it counts or they don't all have adequate shelter they don't have adequate

fresh water and they are forced to beg for their food frequently there are no regulations here in the bahamas to protect the pigs from the stupidity of humans. that has a for mail bag of mortars and about thirty four minutes stay with us czar to international.

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