it's. the. 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. u.s. military school publishes a decades long history of washington's interventions another country to apply some as like to guide. as a saudi arabian ship is hounded by protests that you are a peon ports failing to pick up an arms delivery that activists say could be used to kill civilians in the i'm a. very

warm welcome to you you're watching r c international with me. 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 a.o. spoke with the russian foreign minister there is a good look for goodness. we also want to restore relations with the u.s. i hope all the conditions for that are now being created the spike the exotic way the moeller commission have 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 total 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 to both him and the russian foreign minister saying that they hope this might be a turning point. emphasizing certain spheres sudden 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 all the terror that's being exported out of gonna stop all the drugs the united states likewise they could talk in 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. a 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. for my girls will and democracy to use 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 almost any 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 which 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 that do not threaten their neighbors or spread instability or terror again russia but leaving 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 former u.s. diplomat. in washington will have to have a come 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 with now that the molar investigation is over there will be some freedom for mr trump to pursued what 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 pompeo 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 and u.s. military school has released a 250 page report telling washington that this to destabilize foreign governments over the past 70 years and he's kind of moping has the story be it no 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 u.s. military across the planet from 1941 to 2003 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 divides u.s. special ops into 3 categories disruption coersion. and regime change 68 percent of the operations were disruptive only non-disruptive cases took up 32 percent they were divided between coercion and regime change sure the highlighted cases of the 3 categories.

$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 facing those countries now 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 have ranged from support to civil resistance movements to paramilitary operations to launch 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 often taking office this is a function of ideology a functional germany has nothing to do with cost and it's not simply nothing to do with the interest of the american people but the american people many of them will be cynical but. suffering. astonishing levels of poverty and misery mass emotions over 40000000 in poverty and health care rising crame poor lazy shit along racial lines we know that the us mainstream media is notoriously lacking in deep analysis doesn't our secession 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 quantity of your core 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 effect these hedge monica adventures meanwhile the u.s. government says it stands ready to support find its way in opposition forces in the efforts to overthrow the madeira government and the representative of the venezuelan opposition has sent a letter to the u.s. army requesting a meeting for strategic and operational planning president maduro as government has branded the move an invitation to invade. caracas is also condemned a police raid on his embassy in washington d.c. as a violation of international law officers tried to expel activists who've been occupying the buildings as mature as diplomats were expelled last month police arrived at the

compound and issued an eviction order but some of the activists refused to leave same the offices failed to present an official warrant. rushmore general to me. it was probably try to get more protesters or spend more than a month at the embassy they want to prevent representatives of venezuela's self-proclaimed leader from taking over the embassy is before the police raid local authorities could toss the water supply to the embassy and eviction notice was earlier posted on the embassy door it's of the u.s. recognizes one goes ambassadors as foreign officials. trying to has imposed curfews and banned 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 acute by those who use force on innocent civilians the country is being plagued by riots and looting since last month terrorist attacks which claimed more than $250.00 lives since the start of the muslim holy month of ramadan mosques have been vandalized and balls torched and monday one muslim man was killed by a mob media commentator mohammed schiff he told us the situation has been complicated by problems within mr lankan leadership. there is a big power struggle going on between the prime minister and the president and i'm back with itself once led 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 security and safety for all muslims who are supreme in this war you want the

ramadan you know these extremists who are torturing lots and attacking innocent muslims they don't represent the christian faith the christian faith is what about tolerance it's about the war it's about you know. giving production 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 it of either. and turns a blind eye then those extremists go try to seek and find it year of course how will you stars alludes to do that find. a son of israel's prime minister netanyahu has accused germany of funding anti israel nongovernmental organizations and despite the german foreign minister recently restating the country's support for israel. 70 years ago today on the 11th of may non 149 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 everything reported by the israeli government claims germany and other european countries are funding so-called anti-semitic boycotts campaign groups these have been linked to militant organizations including her mouth the report also claimed that e.u. aid for palestine was finding its way into pension funds for terrorists however the german chancellor has consistently expressed her support for israel. i think this is i strongly condemn all the anti do 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 health and contrast in views on a story from a foreign affairs analyst and an israeli journalist. israel germany relations are quite a big us at the worst it's kind of the most hypocritical show or 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 our trump resolution to recognize drislane 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 respects other than that but reality is pretty much. the other way around

he tells you something about the atmosphere the prime minister 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 needless to say that germany's more sensitive to criticism coming from jerusalem because germany still carries rightly so good feelings for the for the past but this does not mean that those attacks are legitimate the world has iraq. 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 to fight it within israel and without outside israel to support them financially morally to support. to really support all those folks 2 groups individually who are fighting for ending the occupation. a saudi arabian ship sent to pick up weapons in europe has been hounded by protests along its journey in france activist succeeded in preventing it from collecting its cargo 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 that the ship left the airport carrying material that will not be used in a combat capacity e.u. countries are under increasing pressure for their own selves to riyadh charge about ski has the story. well amnesty international has blasted several european union states saying they have failed to poll their obligations in regards to the arms

trade treaty because they're selling weapons to saudi arabia with them that will likely 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 yemen and could be being used against civilians now that yemen conflicts being ongoing out since 2014 around 10000 people have lost their lives in the conflict and millions have been pushed to 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 they prefer to allow lucrative global arms 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 ports 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 a. knowledge that there are concerns over these sales and this is what he had to

say going to be you know who you would be good to suspend all deliveries to saudi arabia if it was shown that had been used on going conflict such as in yemen in which case the regional government must make that decision your perusal now here in france we had confirmation from the defense minister this flawless poly 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. arms delivery according to him and 2 issues made a few years ago well that news was met with protests at the port of of 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 on's 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 with the rebels who seized yemen's capital in 2040. coca-cola has launched a special edition ramadan version of its products in norway the logo features the crescent moon to celebrate the muslim holy month the american drinks giant often uses the symbol in muslim countries but this is the 1st time it's been displayed in norway the scandinavian country has a small but growing muslim population but some believe the ad campaign is a step too far i must have missed the time they had a christian cross for easter and star of david for hanukkah if your company's using the crescent moon of his life in norway as a marketing tool during ramadan i will have no choice but to boycott your products i will never purchase another can of coke as long as i live look at call is launching the ramadan inclusive this companion norway not just in the log or out of

the disgusting. coca-cola has defended the ramadan logo logo saying it's part of the brand's commitment to diversity and inclusion marketing expert luke warm up gave us his views on why the firm chose norway for the campaign. norway is a free. tolerant country for all kinds of. minorities. very much respectful of diversity so here in norway it's more like a public relations campaign rather than a real advertising term preventing coca-cola wants to make a statement for you diversity. think or. do you want to be part of an inclusive society and of course you're a commercial company to try to sell coca-cola also some of itself this is a very family oriented meaningful ritual. in islam so it's natural for coca-cola. and it's very similar things in buddhism or hinduism or different and very sizable population might respond to that. i'm sure coca-cola will do.

that in a person has ratified a new doctrine for the russian energy sector to counter the effects of western sanctions but in a clutch of a report. their action president has approved of the country's annual national energy security doctrine and as it was reported to the update 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 allergy and lower taxes on industry and raise the level of l. and g. consumption of the document also orders to counter discrimination of russian energy companies and global energy markets the restrictions imposed by certain foreign

states on russia's oil and gas sectors limit its ability to sell energy globally global energy tensions seem to play quite a role in geopolitics we all remember of the a 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 as the updated version of that document was finalized back in november last year but quincy down to lease signed on the very same day mike pohnpei all made his 1st visit to russia as the u.s. secretary of state oil analyst salomé says the russian energy industry has so far managed to weather the weather the sanctions still. the president putin's doctrine

doctrine is very important for the future of energy and of russia and for the future of russia's exports as well russia is now the number one exporter of that in the world 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 are out of the continuous u.s. sanctions however your national economy managed to witness stand the adverse effect of sanctions and get action economy actually is growing so they're out of your threats that except if we had better offense decide to impose further. sanctions on russia but as i said russia is a 2 would stand out if sanctions thanks watching r.t. international we're back in 30 minutes with the latest.

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