but there. are. lots of a lot of people to you know. president putin hosts a meeting in southern russia with the u.s. secretary of state and says the 2 countries need to overcome their differences. a u.s. military school publishes the decades long history of washington's interventions in other countries by some as they do guide. and the saudi arabian ship is hounded by protests that european ports failing to pick up and then an arms delivery back to say could be used to kill civilians in yemen.

a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international with me becky airing. president putin has said russia is ready to resolve its differences with washington he hosted a meeting in sochi with the u.s. secretary of state after my pump ayos spoke with the russian foreign minister there is a good look so you just mentioned we also want to restore relations with the u.s. i hope all the conditions for that are now being created this by the exotic way the moeller commission had been working in the whole it came up with an objective investigation and proved there was no collusion between russia and the us the thing we branded as start all nonsense from the very beginning. vladimir putin expressed hope that the preconditions and now are right for relations between the united states and russia which to be honest have been awful absolutely terrible the 2 biggest nucleus superpowers in the world refusing to as much as talk to each other

all communications and until now frozen pretty much military communication. corporation the financial spheres and trade and culture and the game and the russian foreign minister saying that they hope this might be a turning point. emphasizing certain spheres said in topics in which russia and the united states could easily corporate such as oil production among the top producing countries in the world they could talk about the market supplying the global community global demand also afghanistan both countries have a lot at stake there russia especially with the terror that's being exported out of the goddess on all the drugs the united states likewise they could talk to north korea. north korea denuclearizing the peninsula a whole host of topics expressing hope that now as i said could be the turning

point. with his american counterpart they talked about every a hot issue hot topic in the world every crisis that's happening in the world right now starting of course with venezuela chunk of that time spent on that and. they agreed to disagree on venezuela where disagreement hires my russian colleagues to support the venezuelan people as they return democracy to their country. the united states and more than 50 other nations agree that the time has come for nicolas maduro to go he's brought nothing but misery to the venezuelan people. and we hope that right. support. form a girl will and democritus you in your stomach democracy can be imposed by force the threats coming both from u.s. officials and the opposition leader. who is always reminding us of the possibility

of military intervention have nothing to do with democracy. the russians and the americans both saying pretty much the same thing that venezuelans should decide what happens to their countries but how they see that happening seems to be very different the united states saying that russia china iran quba are interfering in venezuelan politics the russians pointing out that washington is threatening maduro the government of venezuela with intervention iran of course similar to venezuela diametrically opposed views on what to do and how to go about solving the iranian crisis which is fleda new here again both countries have very different views on how to go about resolving this crisis in this new moment we have many disagreements on iran now but the fact that we've started talking on this issue gives us hope that we will be able to achieve agreements if both sides show

willingness to do that and i made clear that the united states will continue to apply pressure to the regime in tehran until its leadership is prepared to return to the ranks of responsible nations the do not threaten their neighbors or spread instability or terror again russia believing that the iranian nuclear deal of 2015 along with the rest of the u.n. security council the europeans that that is the best way of going about and resolving this crisis the united states on the other hand pressing the europeans pressing other countries. to pull out of the iranian nuclear deal to pressure and sanction and hurt iran forced to change and do. what the united states believes it should do nevertheless even here but such opposed views. said that conversation and dialogue between russia and the united states should continue that

they should work on common ground try to find a solution to this crisis that is acceptable to everyone as indeed it must be in order in order to work the biggest takeaway is that they have agreed to talk they have agreed that dialogue rather than sanctions and militant rhetoric is the best way forward and they've agreed to reopen previously suspended and shut channels of communication military financial cultural which is incredibly incredibly important so who's just optimism but stress cautious from u.s. diplomat john translation moscow and washington will have to overcome some major obstacles to improve relations. i understand that the russians especially want to talk about keeping the lines of communication open they talked to the about the americans as their so-called partners and so forth they expressed hope that would now that the moeller investigation is over there will be some freedom for mr trump

to pursue the way he talked about during the campaign to improve ties in my opinion that is very unlikely to happen that if you look at things domestically or in the united states not just democrats but even republicans are still all over trump claiming that he is dancing to putin's tune they still accuse the russians of meddling in our elections and if we saw that mr pompei a warned mr lavrov not to do it again even though the proof is not there that they did it in the 1st place i think that there will be very serious obstacles to any kind of improvement of relations hopefully as mr lavrov suggested they can get some of these working groups on arms control and other issues going with experts diplomats military men to come to some agreement on specific issues but i am not optimistic and u.s. military school has released a $250.00 page report detailing washington's efforts to destabilize foreign governments of the policy 70 years on the scale of more pain takes up the story.

bit naam ukraine yugoslavia libya one of these countries have in common well you guessed it uncle sam has been involved the u.s. central command recently published a study that's now being dubbed the pentagon's scholars guide to overthrowing governments the joint special operations university published its study they looked into research of special forces operations of the us military across the planet from 1941 to 2003 now the joint special operations university is an entire academic institution dedicated to studying the art of war here's what their research found that the report divines u.s. special ops into 3 categories disruption coersion and regime change 68 percent of the operations were disrupted only non-disruptive cases took up 32 percent they were divided between coersion and regime change here the highlighted cases of the 3 categories.

because. of the. $47.00 instances were study disruptive actions failed just less than half the time and attempts to strong arm foreign governments were more successful working in 3 fourths of instances when it comes to overthrowing governments u.s. special ops or batting at $23.00 out of $47.00 attempted overthrows now the only overthrow conducted during war time was successful that's the war in afghanistan in

2001 but is success really the right way to describe the conditions for. those countries that the most shocking statements come at the end of the report where the authors say that these kind of operations will probably never stop these clandestine interventions of range from support to civil resistance movements to convert paramilitary operations to large unconventional warfare efforts in support of conventional military campaigns even presidents who prior to their election looked upon such activity with disfavor found themselves compelled to use it after taking office this is a function of ideology it's a function of germany has nothing to do with cost and it's not selling nothing to do with the interest of the american people the american people made them will be cynical but they are suffering quite astonishing levels of poverty and misery and mass emotions over 40000000 in poverty and health care rising crame poor days ation along racial lines we know that the us mainstream media is notoriously lacking in

deep analysis doesn't ask questions and indeed in many respects it is no longer there to hold the powerful in the government to account on behalf of the people but to hold the people to account on behalf of the powerful in the government and us this is to do with a small coterie of new york or fanatics in washington who are no in control of trumps foreign policy and of course all the various other and destroyers that benefit the military industrial complex so there is no money to be spirit when it comes to trying to affect these pages monica adventures meanwhile the u.s. government says it stands ready to support venezuelan opposition forces in the efforts to overthrow the madeira government and a representative of the venezuelan opposition has sent a letter to the u.s. army requesting a meeting for strategic and operational planning president majoris government has branded them even invitation to invade. caracas has also condemned a police raid on its embassy in washington d.c.

as a violation of international law officers try to expel activists who've been occupying the building since materials diplomats were expelled last month police arrived at the compound and issued an a vixen order with some of the activists refused to leave saying the officers fell to present an official warrant. the rest more general to be. they will probably try to get to morrow the protesters have spent more than a month of the embassy they want to prevent representatives of venezuela's self-proclaimed leader from taking over the embassy days before the police raid local authorities cut off the water supply to the embassy and every action notice was earlier posted on the embassy door is that the u.s. recognizes one way doz ambassadors as foreign officials. try lanka has imposed curfews and ban social media sites in response to weeks of

civil unrest since the easter sunday bombings the chief of police issued a stern warning. beauty and the law this small group must stop the dangerous game it's playing with the lives and property of innocent people we will not allow the country to be reduced to an accused by those who use force on innocent civilians the country has been plagued by riots and looting since last month's terror and terror attacks which claimed more than $250.00 lives since the start of the muslim holy month of ramadan mosques have been vandalized and stalls torched and monday one muslim man with killed by a mob media commentator mohammed saffi told as the situation is being complicated by problems within the sri lankan leadership. there is a big power struggle going on between the prime minister and the president and i'm back in itself and. to paralysis in government being able to protect communities. there's been a curfew there's been a structure the social media but they need to go beyond that and start providing

safety for muslims who are supreme in this well you know with the ramadan you know these extremists who are torturing bots and attacking innocent muslims they don't represent the christian faith the christian faith is one about tolerance it's about the war it's about you know. are given protection to minority communities as we have been in the u.k. so i think it's a real worry that if the government doesn't step mix of either. and turns a blind eye then those extremists go try to seek and find its year a course. we'll use our salute to do that hides. a son of israel's prime minister netanyahu has accused germany of funding anti israel non-governmental organizations and despite the german foreign minister minister recently restating the country's support for israel. 70 years ago today on

the 11th of may 19th 49 israel was admitted to the un as a 4 member on this occasion the federal government would like to reiterate that germany stuns also in the un shoulder to shoulder with israel who security and a right to exist must never be called into question by anyone anyway we will continue to support israel's legitimate interests to help strengthen its representation in the un and do our utmost to oppose any attempt to isolate or deliberate surmise israel it will be nice if you stop interfering in our internal business and stop funding hundreds of radical left wing n.g.o.s in israel seek its destruction use the hundreds of millions of euros used for this to fund hospitals schools and churches in germany and recent reports by the israeli government claims germany and other european countries are funding so called anti semitic boycott campaign groups these are being linked to militant organizations including her math report also claimed that aid for palestine was finding its way into pension funds for terrorists however the german chancellor has consistently expressed her support

for israel. oh you this is i strongly condemn all the anti jew or anti semitic crimes and i believe that the european union should try to pursue a realistic approach to the threat which terrorism poses especially for israel we stand by our commitment for the security of israel we heard some contrast in views on a story from a foreign affairs analyst and an israeli journalist. israel germany relations are quite a big us and the west it's kind of the most hypocritical show in town because even if we go on we just not to back far in time merkel herself has voted at least 16 times in the un against israel defies 7 the trump resolution to recognize resulin while trying to convince the other eastern european nations not to follow trump she's also trying to fight trump sanctions over iran germany is trying to undermine israel

a sovereign 3 what would you expect other than saying we is stand by israel what he wrote spec other than that but reality is pretty much. the other way around he tells you something about the atmosphere the prime minister's residence and these should there warry some people who care about democracy about understanding of democracy and understanding of the international law there was fear there seems to be very very hostile germany is the source of all needless to say that germany's more sensitive to criticism coming from jerusalem because germany still carries rightly so guilt feelings for the for the past but this does not mean that those attacks are legitimate the world has a right to criticize the israeli or group creation because the israeli occupation

is a clear violation of the international law and it is the duty of the world to stand against the into his goals who fight it within israel and without outside israel to support them financially more really to support those 2 to really support all those folks 2 groups individuals who are fighting for ending the occupation. european governments are facing growing pressure to stop selling arms to saudi arabia a story and more off the break. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world the politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you than.

anyone else chose seemed wrong. laws just don't call. me to get to shape out these days to come out ahead and in the game trade because betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. we've got an amazing situation developing here in america one of our politicians has an openly admitted to congress that the u.s. dollar is that friend from big oil.

welcome back to saudi arabian ships and to pick up weapons in europe has been hounded by protests the longest journey and france activists succeeded in preventing it from collecting its caldo claiming the arms could be used against civilians in yemen now a french flag is being projected on the vessel in spain however madrid claims the ship left airports carrying material they will not be used in a combat capacity e.u. countries are ending under increasing pressure over their arms sales to riyadh so it depends on how the story. well i'm just international has lost it several european union states saying they have failed to poll their obligations in regards to the trade treaty because they're selling weapons to saudi arabia with the will

largely be used in the war in yemen the bar has been bouncing off european ports like a pinball this is a serious test of the country's resolve to uphold the obligations on the arms trade treaty and e.u. common position on arms exports several states have food this test in the space of just a few days now the concern is that some of these weapons could be being used on the frontline in the war in gammon and could be being used against civilians now the yemen conflict ongoing out since 2014 around 10000 people have lost their lives in the conflict. and millions have been pushed towards the brink of starvation it's been described by the united nations as being the world's worst humanitarian disaster and the concern from amnesty international is that if it is possible that the weapons being sold by e.u. member states to saudi arabia are being used in any way to perpetuate war crimes or

to violate international law then not means that they have broken the obligation when it comes to the arms trade treaty the voyage reminds us that states preferred to allow lucrative global trade to continue to operate behind a veil of secrecy well amnesty points out that is saudi cargo ship has been making the rounds at several poor european states for the last week or so we know that it was able to dock it and twerp in belgium and it was able to receive a supply of missions there and since then it's tried and failed to visit several other european ports and now we do know that the belgian foreign minister has acknowledged that there are concerns over these sales and this is what he had to say going to be you know you would be good to suspend all deliveries to saudi arabia if it was shown that had been used in ongoing conflict such as in yemen

which case the regional government must make that decision would not be possible now here in france we had confirmation from the defense minister this flawless polly that that saudi cargo ship was also due to dock in the port of laughter in northern france and was due to receive a shipment of arms from france as part of the sales to saudi arabia and now this is what she had to say last week in regards to that. there would be arms duly vary according to human to issues made a few years ago well that news was met with. the poor when it was announced last week that's because there was a leaked investigation in the last month show which alleges that the french government has been made aware by secretive military notes that weapons sold by france to saudi arabia could have been used on the front line in yemen and could have been used against civilians and that provoked lots of anger from people who

wanted to stop that shipment from going ahead now president michael also spoke about this last week saying that he had received confirmation from riyadh that any arms france sold to saudi arabia wouldn't be used in this way but despite that because of the processed those arms were not able to be loaded on the ship and then it moved on its way attempting to visit ports in spain and now on its way to italy but the controversy continues and many human rights organizations are unhappy that any of these sales are taking place in the 1st place what they've called on is for european union states to now halt those sales to saudi arabia off their arms. the french defense minister had insisted there was no conclusive evidence that french weapons were killing civilians in yemen saudi arabia itself denies targeting civilians claiming that it's only fighting the rebels who seized yemen's capital

and 2040. but amid putin has ratified a new doctrine for the russian energy sector to counter the effect of western sanctions but in a quarter of a report. darshan president has approved of the country's new national energy security doctrine and as it was reported to the date of this document was required to due to new challenges and threats that the country's energy industry is facing both internal as well as international now the document consists of almost 20 pages that calls among many others to reduce the share of hydrocarbons in the energy balance to develop renewable resources of an energy lower taxes on industry and raise the level of consumption that the document also orders to counter discrimination of russian energy companies and global energy markets the restrictions imposed by certain 40 states on russia's will and gas sector limit its

ability to sell energy globally global energy tensions seem to play quite a role in geopolitics we all remember of the wave of criticism over the construction of the north stream to pipeline which plans to deliver russia's natural gas to draw many now lately it was reported that 2 u.s. senators are working over a new bill to impose sanctions on russia over this particular project coming back to the energy doctoring the updated version of that document was finalized back in november of last year but dance really signed on the very same day mike pohnpei all made his 1st visit to russia as the u.s. secretary of state oil analyst monticello macy's the russian energy industry has so far managed to weather this sanctions story. the president putin's doctrine doctrine is very important for the future of. the russia and

for the future of russia's exports as well russia is number one exporter of that. at the same time and i share is the biggest producer of oil in the world to remain ahead of other countries and the incredible rationale threats out of the continuous u.s. sanctions however the action the economy managed to would stand the adverse effect of sanctions and gosh an economy actually is growing so that out of your threats there except if the aberrant fans decide to impose further. sanctions on russia but as i said russia is a 2 would stand at it sanctions thanks to using r.t. international and he would have to take your thoughts on a story so do get in touch by following us on social media see you again in 30

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