ah. oh. the israel defense forces are bombing hamas targets in gaza after a major flare up in cross border exchanges which are now into their second day. in stories that shape the week president nicolas maduro says he quelled an

attempted coup by but as well the opposition leader. who along with his u.s. backers deny spawning a military overthrow are just debate what really happened. doesn't get him in power nice national committee six million people voted for nicolas maduro last may in a free and fair election that i observe you know how many people voted for one boy . and the u.s. attorney general is grilled in the senate over his handling of the report but refuses to subject himself to further questions but democrats now calling william barr a coward among charges of contempt of congress. welcome to the weekly here on r t international where we bring you the top stories from the past week. israeli warplanes are pounding gaza after a major flare up in cross border exchanges now into their second day the israel

defense forces say more than four hundred fifty rockets were fired from gaza at israel. over the last twenty four hours there have been more than four hundred fifty rockets that have been fired by hamas and other terrorist organizations inside israel more than one hundred fifty of them have been intercepted by the are in germ as a result of the rockets of the landed and of threatened all the largest cities in the southern part of israel which talking about a city such as there ought just on the outskirts of the gaza strip which would mean that are going on where we are now just as well as the between community and. where there was a rocket which landed in the early hours of the morning as well injuring a number of people hate people have been injured all together until now two seriously and what we are not going on one man was killed at the early hours of the morning. gaza's health ministry also states that about forty people were wounded in the attacks the turkish news agency and idol says it's office in gaza came under fire

it's also been reported that the israeli prime minister has ordered the military to conduct massive strikes against militants in gaza. this weekend as well it was rocked by a violent protest in which more than one hundred people were injured the country's president nicolas maduro said an attempted coup led by opposition leader one wideout was put down on tuesday gordo who claims to be bent as well as legitimate president announced the final phase of those rule and called on people to rise up against the government. and that's what today brave soldiers brave treating some of the brave people following our constitution and string equal you today the only force is standing behind the people and the constitution on.

europe so we're going to recover and rebuild and his way to the that's what venezuela needs today is that us not. by defeating this terrible coup attempt. with truth with loyalty with. the crisis and that as well will be discussed by russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and his u.s. counterpart mike pump aoe when they meet in finland next week on the sidelines of the arctic council summit meanwhile washington and wideout deny plotting

a military overthrow with u.s. security adviser john bolton insisting it's an internal matter for the venezuelan people. we need better as well ruled by the people of venezuela not by extra little forces this is the bolton was done he's damnedest to ensure regime change in venezuela whose country has championed regime change sanctioned then a frozen billions in state funds. with invasion now he's saying no. and should meddle that it's up to the day's wayland's to decide course not what he meant is no one but america all options remain on the table he said that would be a big mistake for me dora 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 if you dare 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 would do a nonstarter of a person. the government foolish supports the venezuelan people who in the quest for freedom and democracy democracy cannot 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 is which 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 don't 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 own father mr bolton one by do 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. the u.s. might object to the term however if we turn to the dictionary the word is defined

as a sudden violent and illegal seizure of power from a government our guesstimated whether that's what's being attempted in venezuela. the u.s. supports coup d'etat is all the time this is another example that one has no power under the constitution of venezuela the fact the us recognize him recognizes him is of no import the u.s. recognizes him because he has already agreed to privatizing venezuela's oil in the interest of u.s. companies that's why the u.s. recognizes him and that does not make him with the opinion of the united states is no the only opinion for all of the fifty countries nice why go as a legitimate president ninety percent of venezuelans do support also why you go there are legitimate president this is an unfolding coup that the us watched to push forward and we have to remember by the way the us supported the coup in two

thousand and two against hugo chavez and we're reluctant to call it a coup back then the fact that the us wants to use semantics to cover up what it's doing doesn't change the fact that this is a coup when people say you know a seizure of power illegal seizure of power the basic definition of a coup doesn't key element there is not illegal because. has a legitimate power recognized by the national committee an overwhelmingly good nice international community and by the venezuelan people who goes out in matches people are on the streets supporting the door of that's undeniable there are people there that support him i have friends there contacts that support him you never hear their side worst or use never what you never hear from them in the press and so you get one side of the story and that is tantamount to misrepresenting

destroyed their recent science or do not just defy the line in common the basic con the me and the three million plus in this one it's gaping venezuela for other current. no star when this actually started this started way before that six million people voted for nicolas maduro last may in a free and fair election that i observed you know how many people voted for one. u.s. attorney general william barr has defended his actions over the release of the mole report findings and from the senate democrats are calling for bar's immediate resignation claiming he misled the american public over the results of the russia probe back in march by released a four page summary of the report which stated there'd been no collusion between donald trump and russia as for obstruction of justice barr said that the special counsel had failed to reach a conclusion on the matter during his sudden grilling the attorney general claimed that robert mueller didn't think he misrepresented the special counsel's report

that some of the senators questioning him didn't buy that. it's very clear with me that he was not suggesting that we had misrepresented his report i feel it's or was purposely misleading and i think others do too now the american people know that you are no different from rudy giuliani or kellyanne conway or any of the other people who sacrificed their once decent reputation for the grifter and liar who sits in the oval office being attorney general of the united states is a sacred trust you have betrayed that trust america deserves better issue resign the democratic party is on the warpath and all who stand between them and their goal of ousting donald trump have a target on their forehead either join with them or step down this attorney general lacks all credibility for years i really really yes. he should step down or should

resign and if he does not resign he should basing impeachment proceedings also he does need to resign to step up william barr he is the next target in between the democrats and their goal of impeaching donald trump why well he released the bob muller report showing no collusion with russian special counsel found no collusion by any americans in ira's illegal activities testifying before the senate bar was forced to answer questions about misleading the public and standing in the way and the democrats picked up on one key phrase in bob mahler's letter that being public confusion about key aspects of the investigation the democrats thought they had him with this one but not so fast 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 feels like the seeds of a cover up are here there are still many questions tonight for instance why president trump and so many people in his orbit lied about their contacts with

russia i don't need them over report to know he's a traitor i have the t.v. but hope so. brings a tunnel for the democrats next to the stand obstruction of justice president trumping gage destruction of justice and those of his kind of the president who. to my reading of. the report almost certainly obstructed justice or did you find that to be persuasive act of obstructing justice. no but options still remain on the table for the democrats one perhaps being the fact that the report was redacted perhaps the bombshell the democrats wanted was simply cut out of the report the public version has been estimated to have only ten percent redactions volume two has only about two percent redactions for the public version so ninety eight percent of volume to dealing with obstruction is available to the public and you can't deny that the democrats have drive they've got a goal they've got persistence that is here in abundance and with their eyes on the

prize in two thousand and twenty we can expect that the democratic party will keep chasing tails kaleb up and r.t. new york farcical scenes unfolded in the u.s. congress on the next day after the attorney general refused to show up for further grilling he said he'd already told senators only how to say about his version of the report democratic lawmakers didn't cancel the hearing though they placed bars name card in front of an empty chair and congressman steve cohen then put a ceramic chicken on the desk as a symbol of the attorney general's alleged cowardice and tucked into some k.f.c. but democrats not willing targets of contempt of congress some house members call the situation absurd. yes failed the men and women of the department of justice by placing the needs of the president over the ferry administration of justice and yes we will have no choice but to move quickly to hold the attorney general in contempt if you stores or fails to negotiate in good faith mr barr's moment of accountability will come soon enough and i think that probably applies chicken bar

should. showing up today and answer questions the black sox look clean compared to just it's a sad day in a bear one of the democrats scared up they don't know bill barr here today they've had the report they've read it they don't like what's in it the skill in the circus continues over here the congress in its capacity here is not really investigating malfeasance by the attorney general which is their job is oversight they're actually having some perry mason like a mole or two investigation which will gain them nothing and the bar i think just basically said look six hours of this is enough and done they didn't want him to show up they made it impossible for him to come so that they could have the theater they had today it's about politics it's not about finding any wrongdoing that part is over now we have the political discussion the tiny tiny tiny portion that's not grand jury testimony that was actually redacted that's been made available to the committee and they don't want to look at it because as i said they

want the theater that they don't want cooperation they're not looking for something bad they've decided there's something bad they make the bald assertion and that's good enough for them still to come whistleblower in chief julian assange it was sentenced to fifteen weeks and prison by a british court on wednesday for skipping bail in two thousand and twelve that story more after this break. you know world's big partners a lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for

watching closely watching the hawks. make this manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the famous merry go round listen to the one percent. we can all middle of the room. welcome back we were turn to our top story now the major flare up between israel and gaza which has seen an intense exchange of cross border fire the israel defense

forces spokesperson warns that television is ready to conduct an offensive operation if deemed necessary. we speak we continue to operate against the obviously and it's always you know we have deployed and it's really not true they're going to the street ok to be specific i'm out of school i'm looking for friends who don't ration. the difference between the offensive operations should they. be adequate sort of told not to disclose any. i am not aware of any talks of a cease fire or anything about to face the idea of who's ready prepared to continue to do so and against the most urgent you to defend israeli civilians. it's fired from gaza. into. cross live to tell of even our tears paula slayer paula what's the current situation at the border. well the situation is extremely tense we've witnessed a surge in violence over the past two days at this stage more than four hundred and

fifty rockets have been fired from gaza at israel now among those killed in the palestinian side eight palestinians including a fifty seven year old pregnant woman and her child for a palestinian man and a number of residential buildings that have been damaged and or destroyed on the israeli side there's been a direct hit on a house in the southern city of ashkelon one israeli has so far been killed the situation here in israel is extremely tense the south of the country remains in a state of high alert people have been ordered to keep a bomb shelters open and all schools there are closed now this comes as the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has ordered the israeli army to continue with what he calls massive attacks netanyahu saying that the purpose is an offensive operation he says that he's not aware of any kind of cease fire talks that are under way and saying that they will use all the firepower at their disposal at the same time the israeli defense forces has sent tank reinforcements to the gaza

border and at this stage we are anticipating the. continuation in fighting for at least a few more days and how how the palestinian officials reacted to the israeli prime minister's order to rain down bombs on gaza. well we hear the same kind of. coming from the palestinian side as far as hamas goes they have said that they going to extend the range of the bullets they published in hebrew say that they had the coordinates they showed that they were aiming for these included big international airport and also demand which is in the south and where it is believed israel has its nuclear arsenal although of course israel has never confirmed this at the same time have mass is threatening that it hasn't even started its real capacity and it's real to quote war against israel we're also hearing from islamic jihad which is operational in the gaza strip they have vowed to prevent the eurovision song face of all from happening now that face to bill is

slated to begin on may the fourteenth so that's in just under two weeks time and they say that unless israel and this israel eases restriction they'll make sure that that song festival does not go ahead. so i stepped up. reporting live from tel aviv thank you so much for bringing us that latest report. it was an eventful week for a whistleblower in chief julian a son who was sentenced by a british court on wednesday to fifty weeks in prison for skipping bail in two thousand and twelve the wiki leaks co-founder was back again in court on thursday to face his first hearing in a u.s. case seeking to extradite him from the u.k. has been charged by u.s. authorities with conspiring to hack into classified government files appearing via video link from jail astonished told the court he would never surrender to the americans voluntarily the next court so should on the case will be held later this month meanwhile the united nations has criticised the length of

a song just sudsing dubbing it disproportionate it also suggests that his detention appears to be a violation of his human rights. goes the words of a saunders lawyer as well as wiki leaks editor in chief who both also denounced the authorities treatment of him. it has been twenty three other twenty four hours a day in his cell that is what we call in general terms solitary confinement that's on the set of all these cases not about. this case it's about a journalist in a publisher who had conversations with a source about accessing material and spoke to that source about how to protect their identity this is protected activity that journalists engage in all the time and any prosecution and extradition of mr sunshine having done so we place a massive chill on investigative journalism in the world. norway recently experienced some russian meddling and its waters this time it came in the

form of a friendly beluga whale which approach fishermen off the coast and has since been nicknamed a lot of fear of well the near one norwegian expert has alleged putin himself might have had a hand in training it fishing for the facts here is. here's a situation a cute white sea mammal starts playing with a couple of fishing boats. group a. creature clearly wants to grab people's attention and even tries to pull straps and ropes. the crew treats the little whale with some yummy snacks but realizes it's probably peeved by the tight harness around its body. it takes a while and some real effort to take the straps off the unfortunate friend the white chap swims away enjoy the harness clip is branded equipment st petersburg

which turns out to be a real russian firm making extreme sports equipment now how about this story. a group of norwegian fishing vessels have survived an attack. harass the boat the tide hardness round its body with the name of the lot of our putin's hometown on it made locals think the whale was a russian navy weapon norway is now on high alert amid fears russia could have trained entire teams of sea creatures for spying in combat missions some of you might roll your eyes and think what a weird paranoid freak out well i'll tell you what pretty much all the media out there reported the encounter of norway's northern coast and in some cases my impression of the catchy coverage wasn't too much of an exaggeration whale found

off noways coast believed to be spying for russia doesn't you alleged russian spy it's a below go in kernel beluga off of course if it says st petersburg on that thing the cute creature must be a russian spy or not to underestimate weapon is probably a better word than luke a whale found wearing a harness to carry a camera could be russian weapon whales trained by russia's military may be harassing fishermen from nato ally in no way ok i'll tell you a secret the likes of the russian or u.s. navy's started training sea mammals for things like the mining rescue operations spotting underwater threats decades ago just google it but it never really put their neighbors in panic mode this time though beluga whale with russian harness raises a lot in norway i just hope those who wrote this do stay away from some of the following displays of russian humor.

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