the israeli prime minister abounds to carry on a campaign of massive air strikes targeting hamas positions and gaza after a major flare up in cross border exchanges which are now into their second day. in the stories that shaped the week venezuelan president nicolas maduro claims he put down an attempted coup by opposition leader one why go along with his u.s. backers denies plotting a military overthrow our guest debate the issue. doesn't get him in power

nice by the international community 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 does not. 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 with democrats now calling william barr a coward and mulling contempt charges. welcome to the weekly here on our team to national where we bring you the latest headline news along with the top stories from the past week. israeli airstrikes on the gaza strip have now killed ten people that's according to the palestinian health ministry that as israel claims three of its civilians have died following

a massive barrage of rockets fired from palestinian territory the sudden spike in violence between the two neighboring states has now entered its second day. an incredible this morning i instructed the i.d.f. to continue its intense attacks against terror targets in the gaza strip and to expand its presence surrounding the gaza strip with forces artillery and troops we are operating and we will continue to do so to restore peace and security to residents in the south of the country. the bombardment of rockets from the gaza strip began on saturday morning several residential areas were hit mostly in the south of israel multiple sites in palestine or then targeted in retaliatory strikes

falsely or has more. this is the second day that we've witnessed the surge in fighting between israel and gaza now so far four hundred and fifty rockets has been fired at israel of which the israeli defense forces said it intercepted one hundred and fifty israeli air force continues to bombard gaza from the skies the israeli army saying that it's hit some two hundred twenty targets belonging to hamas and islamic jihad militant groups now just south of israel is in a state of high alert people have been ordered to remain near their bomb shelters and at the same time schools remain closed a number of buildings in gaza have been damaged and destroyed including the news agency which was hit by an israeli missile there's a lot of defiance coming off from the palestinian side we're hearing from her mass that they ready to fight until the last moment they say that they have extended the range of the rockets they also say that they haven't even started the real war

against israel the israeli army has said that it is preparing for several days like this and as a braces for further escalation it is sending tank reinforcements to the border the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has ordered the i.d.f. to continue with to quote massive attacks he says that his army will continue to go on the offensive he says that he will use all the firepower at his disposal and he's not aware of any kind of cease fire talks that might be underway. this week as well was rocked by violent protests in which more than a hundred people were injured president nicolas maduro sudden attempted coup by opposition leader one was put down on tuesday gordo who claims to be but as well as legitimate president announced the final phase of ending the duros rule and called on people to rise up against the government. and this one today brave soldier brave had training so a lot of brave people are following our constitution and answering cool you today

the only force is standing behind the people and the constitution on. europe so we're going to recover and rebuild and there's a way to do that with that's what venezuela needs today is that's us not. by defeating this terrible coup attempt we should try you know with the truth with

loyalty with. the country's crisis will be discussed by russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and his u.s. counterpart secretary of state mike pompei oh in finland next week on the sidelines of the arctic council summit washington and why don't deny plotting a military overthrow with u.s. national security adviser john bolton insisting it's an internal matter for the venezuelan people. we need venezuela ruled by the people of venezuela not by external forces mr 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 it with invasion now he's saying no one should meddle that it's up to the days whelan's to decide 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 too and if you bear hold these innocents accountable says mr bolton we might invade between the lines and star most going to stay with you america will stand with you until freedom and democracy are restored. today interim president announced the start of a pressure on libya time the us government fully supports the venezuelan people in their 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 these people exactly did you say you stand with the 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 one the president of the united states gives an order to the department of defense it's not a coup for wind why don't you try to 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. while the u.s. objects to the turn to the dictionary defines it as a sudden violent and illegal seizure of power from the government are guesstimated whether or not 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 us recognizes him and that does not make him legitimate the opinion of united states is no the only opinion for all other fifty countries recognize why go as

a legitimate president ninety percent of venezuelans do support also while you go there are legitimate president this is an unfolding coup that the u.s. wants 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 overwhelmingly good nice international community and by the venezuelan people who goes out in matches people are on the streets supporting medora that's undeniable there are people there that

support him i have friends there contacts that support him you never hear their side or store use never 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 justify the line in common the basic commie and the three million plus in this one it's gaping venezuela for other con. 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 do you know how many people voted for won by dough. the u.s. attorney general defended his actions in front of the senate this week over his summation of the miller report democrats are calling for william bars immediate resignation claiming he misled the public over the result of the russia collusion probe back in march barr released

a four page summary of the report which stated there'd been no collusion between donald trump and russia asked for obstruction of justice barr said the special counsel had fail to reach a conclusion conclusion on the matter during his senate grilling the attorney general claims robert mueller didn't think he had misrepresented the special counsel's report that some of these tonnages questioning him and by that. 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 sacrifice or 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 is attorney general lacks all credibility to resign or earlier 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's the next target in between the democrats and their goal. all of impeaching donald trump why well he released the bob muller report showing no collusion with russia a 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 miller'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 springs eternal for the democrats next to the stand obstruction of justice president trump engaged in obstruction 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 a persuasive act of obstructing justice. you know but option 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 caleb up and r.t. new york the following day for us. scenes unfolded in congress after the attorney general refused to show up for further grilling he said he'd already told senators all he had to say about his version of the report democratic lawmakers didn't cancel the hearing though and said they placed barres 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 attorneys generals perceived cowardice and tucked into some k.f.c. but democrats not willing to charges of contempt of congress some house members branded the situation absurd. yes failed the men and women of the department of

justice by placing the needs of the president over the fairy ministration 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 byers moment of a candid belletti well enough and i think that probably applies chicken barr should have shown up today and answered questions the black sox look clean compared to this team it's a sad day in america for the democrats scared of they don't know bill maher here today they've had their report they've read it they don't like what's in it for the still 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 as oversight they're actually having some perry mason like. moeller to investigation which will gain them nothing and the bar i think just basically said look six hours of this is enough i'm 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 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 julian assange is sentenced to fifty weeks jail the details after this short break.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy going from station let it be an arms race is also a scary dramatic development the 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.

welcome back it was an eventful week for whistleblower in chief joining us on who was threatened by a british court to fifty weeks and 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 his extradition assad has been charged by u.s. authorities with conspiring to hack into classified government files appearing via video link from jail a songe told the court he would never surrender to the americans voluntarily will be another hearing later this month meanwhile the united nations has criticized the length of a sonorous sentence dubbing it disproportionate it also suggests it's in violation of his human rights this osman echoes the words of a song his lawyer as well as wiki leaks editor in chief who also both denounced his treatment. he has spent twenty three other twenty four hours a day in his cell and that is what we call in general terms solitary confinement that's unacceptable this case is not about hacking. 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 place a massive chill on investigative journalism the world over. a song was arrested last month following ecuador's decision to revoke his asylum status that's after he spent nearly seven years holed up inside the country's embassy in london last year britain's high court ruled against the extradition of a mother activist lori love also accused of hacking u.s. government computers love told us faces an uphill battle. 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 on balance treaty so the u.s. doesn't have to provide any evidence they just have to have the paperwork in order the presumption is a view only towards extradition if we manage to win there's

a lot of campaigning and a lot of support political support from the m.p.'s and support from journalists 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 journalist so people involved in journalism to ensure that we do you know i allow the injustice and isolation to happen on. may day rallies in major cities around the world were marred by violence as protesters of all stripes clashed with riot police.

and europe anti-capitalists were prominent in the may day violence our correspondent charlotte devinsky witnessed and rest in paris. well may day started with violence before the protests the official protests even began those protests is tried to move from the mall print us up towards plastic it's really as a result of that the police blocked them off about half a kilometer away stone firing tear gas and pushing people back and used that opportunity to make arrests of the black blocks 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 over this area 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 the bathrooms

hitting them and taking them away and detaining people. so there's the file and we know about the injuries i would like to tell you is about the security service seven thousand four hundred security personnel only duty in paris to try and keep a lid on this violence and i can hear behind me it sounds like we're getting some rightists 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 but let's not forget the protesters are both been damaging property in fact we saw a medical faculty with the university of so bone that had its do was smashed once again another protest in paris that's descended into violence and chaos journalist and paris also found themselves on the receiving end of heavy handed police tactics among them a correspondent for the russian news agency ria novosti victoria ivanova she was

covering the may day protests in paris and was hit on the head by an officer she was trying to leave an area where clashes erupted just after that she was then hit a second time. the journalist had the word press displayed clearly on her helmet and on an armband she suffered a concussion and bruising victoria has complained to the general inspector of national police about the incident the russian ministry of foreign affairs has called on french authorities to launch a probe into the incident. just behind me you can see live pictures from the thai capital where massive crowds are lining the streets of the capital for the new king his first public appearance since his coronation again these are live pictures as he gets ready to pay homage at meijer buddhist temples on the roof people wearing the royal yellow have waited for hours to see him the lavish coronation ceremony will cost the thai government more than thirty million dollars. this is

a large degree going down the streets of the capital of the days long ceremony of the coronation of the new king in. 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 lot of mayor of wales a mere one norwegian expert has alleged putin himself might have had a hand in training at fishing for the facts here. here's a situation a cute white sea mammal starts playing with a couple of fishing boats. the little. 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 harness around

its body. because 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. a rast the boat the tide harness 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 and 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. there's a new alleged russian spy it's a below go in colonel below golf of course if it says st petersburg on that thing the cute creature must be a russian spy or not to underestimate what britain is probably a better word the luger whale found wearing a harness to carry camera could be russian weapon whales trained by russia's military maybe 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 seem 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 alarm in norway i just hope those who wrote those do stay away from some of the following displays of russian humor. i mean on a light note that's a recap of just some of the stories that help shape the world these last seven days the latest and up to the minute reports follow us on twitter or facebook.

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