police arrest for antiwar activists in the venezuelan embassy in washington following a month long sit in protest against u.s. support for the opposition leader. the u.s. ramps up pressure on iran senator bernie sanders accuses donald trump national security adviser of trying to lead america into world war with iran just this happened with a run. for the philippines recalls its ambassador from canada after all 2 were failed to meet the deadline to take back tons of trash shipped to the southeast asian country years ago.

good evening and welcome this is r.t. and. police have arrested 4 protesters who've been staging a sit in at the venezuelan embassy in washington in protest against america's policies on venezuela follows warnings from the authorities who said that they were trespassing and protesters have already gathered outside the embassy defying police orders the demonstrators have been staging a sit in for more than a month after the u.s. withdrew its recognition of nicolas maduro as being venezuela's leader he said washington now recognizes the opposition leader wang why don't the heads of states the activists claim the madeira government has given them permission to stay in the building. the venezuelan foreign ministry has branded the u.s. sanctions illegal benjamin from the peace group code pink claims that the arrests are a violation of international law. we got an urgent call from the people inside it

19 this morning that the police had broken down the door and that they were going to be arrested so the rest are under way right now we denounce this is a violation of the vienna convention speakers the group has been there with the permission then as well in government i was just at the u.n. yesterday with the ambassador to the u.n. who was calling on the u.s. to sign a protective power green mincha with venezuela so that both the embassy in washington d.c. and the u.s. embassy in caracas would be protected the venezuelan government has said it is not given permission for the opposition representatives to enter that building and there is still time to negotiate a solution that would be of mutual agreement to both the government but it will be a tremendous step towards greater conflict with the u.s. if indeed the representatives are allowed to go into that embassy now.

ok let's go live to the un kovalchuk is a human and labor rights lawyer and also the author of the plot to overthrow venezuela how the u.s. is orchestrating a coup for oil this is very on topic down good to have you on the situation we've got the go i don't know pointed to the u.s. saying that the embassy has now been liberated the big question is is that legal. no it's not neal under the vienna convention on diplomatic relations articles $44.45. the host country in this case united states is obligated to protect. the property. of a foreign nation like venezuela and they have no right to enter those premises you know venezuela is like that that land there is like venezuelan territory under

the vienna conventions police may not enter that the people who were staying there have been kicked out they were there as invitees of the venezuelan government given that the u.s. had no authority to send in security officers to expel those people even in times of war the vienna conventions provides the host country has to protect and respect another country's foreign embassy and property and that did not happen here ok seems pretty clear to me what's happened here which is that the u.s. has said well we don't recognize the leader of venezuela it was venezuela we recognize somebody else and we have their invitation to come in and throw weight around on this you know sovereign piece of turf does that no sets a precedent then any country can just going to anybody else's embassies say well we don't actually recognize that it's your embassy because we don't recognize your

leader. yes well that is the troubling part with what the u.s. is doing that's why we have conventions like the vienna conventions it benefits everyone the whole idea is if i respect your embassy you respect mine and right the idea that the u.s. could unilaterally just say oh we recognize this guy even though madura 0 was duly elected in may of last year we have to remember that in venezuela in the say oh well we recognize one therefore we're going to put his people in the embassy file lates the letter in the spirit of the vienna conventions on diplomatic relations and again as you say it sets up the possibility that other countries will do that for example possibly to the u.s. maybe another country will say we recognize nancy pelosi. as the president because we don't like trump so her people or other people can come in to the embassy. that is not how this is supposed to work with me maybe we're speaking slightly in jest

but i think it's serious because we've got the venezuelan foreign ministry branding the u.s. action illegal and saying they are ready for some reciprocal action so maybe what you just mentioned isn't so you know ridiculous what do you think the madeira government might actually do well. look it's certainly a possibility that the venezuelan government could act in cars but i don't think it likely in this case because let's face it venezuela. is not a strong country militarily. you know relative to the united states they don't want an invasion i think if venezuela lure to act we separate quickly in oil whatever other people to enter the us embassy in caracas the u.s. may use that as a pretext to invade so i think venezuela would not do such

a thing in that is. you know in so really what you end up having is not the rule of law but you have the law of the mightiest and that's the case here with the u.s. being the my dear friend. could speak to. my guest human and labor rights lawyer and author of the plot to overthrow venezuela how the u.s. is orchestrating a coup for oil. ok let's go live now to r.t. america correspondent rachel blevins to believe he's actually near the venezuelan embassy. just brings up to speed if you can we development over the last few hours police. here outside of the venezuelan embassy in washington d.c. were earlier today police broke into the building and they arrested the 4 remaining activists who are still inside now points enter the building around 930 this morning but it was an intel about 1115 that we saw those 4 activists being taken

away in police transport vehicles now those 4 are from a group of activists who have been occupying the embassy for more than 3 weeks now and they say that their goal is to hold the building for the government of venice line president nicolas maduro despite the fact that the united states has recognized opposition leader one quite as the country's interim president now on monday we saw that police. didn't notice on the door of the building and they said that any of the activists who were still inside would be arrested and charged with trespassing that's when the majority of the activists did leave but those 4 remain and it wasn't until today that they were officially arrested now so far they have been charged with interfering with a protective order and it's not clear if they are going to be facing any other charges now i show chew over the lawyer for the activist and she said that this raises a lot of concerns under international law because she argued that it goes directly against the vienna convention which states that the united states can not enter the

venezuelan embassy without approval from the deal like to venezuela and government and so as of right now we don't know exactly what the condition inside that building is we do know that we have seen a very heavy police presence here which has included secret service the d.c. metro police and federal agents who have gone inside the building and conducted searches but we're still not sure exactly what the future is for this embassy we know that the state department has said that they are going to turn it over to representatives for a 1.0 and their report saying that those representative carlos vecchio may appear here later today and it's tempting to then take over the building but this is a developing story that we will continue to follow bring you all the latest updates reporting from outside the venezuelan embassy in washington d.c. love and art see. too much correspond with. us 2020 presidential hopeful bernie son does has accused national security adviser

john bolton of trying to push the country into war with a run in a way reminiscent of another u.s. company. the awkward of the efforts right now to get us into a war in iraq is the guy who was the architect for getting us into the war in iraq and that is john bolton so you know i worry about provocations on the part of the united states washington's taken numerous measures in recent days to counter what it calls a credible threat from iran and u.s. soldiers all non-emergency staff out of its embassy in iraq it's also sent b. $52.00 bombers and their carriers to the region media reports suggest that there are intelligence images of missiles on iranian boats in the persian gulf sparking fears they might be used against u.s. troops though the images haven't been published despite the lack of clear evidence for a heightened threat from tehran washington's continuing to make loud noise about the possibility that their neighbors are spreading instability or terror everywhere we

go in the middle east it's a rare ran around major destabilizing in influence in the middle east spread death destruction and chaos the leaders of iran are record here's world's largest finance era of international terrorism behind every problem is iran and we've been trying to do is to get iran to be him like a normal nation. switch on bolton and his approach to foreign policy we unearthed a $2010.00 interview this is where he actually admits he would lie in the name of u.s. national security in a more pain asks americans what they think about it. john bolton has a very important job keeping americans safe after all that is the job of the national security adviser and it's very important for americans to trust someone in that position john bolton wasn't always the national security adviser here's something he said before he got the job if i had to say something i knew was false

to protect american national security i would do it so considering that john bolton has a pretty important position in terms of influencing the president on international matters you think it might be a concern if he says things consistently that turn out to be false we decided to ask new yorkers. iran continues to seek nuclear weapons and intimidate peaceful people is that true not. true i guess that's false. so the one year period that we've talked about from the point where north korea makes the strategic decision to denuclearize is something that north and south koreans have already agreed to is that true or false false this sounds like something that's not true doesn't seem to fit right. i'm not running around the world looking for ways to create hostilities well it's just the other quotes pretty much speak for themselves that john bolton doesn't seem to have a golden record however that doesn't seem to put him in any danger of losing his

job at least for now. you would lie in order to preserve the truth if i had to say something i knew was false to protect american national security i would do it fulton is the point man thank you very little e. jackal to carry this effort to for it and to topple the elected government of iran and while we can see the history in record of john bolton as being in favor of the wars from iraq to going as well it to iran and he's always in stray room imperial wars abroad so from a political perspective we have to see this as a reflection of the system itself the united states they want the oil in iraq and

whenever a bully wants to take something out of your position then they will allege provocations to justify that violence that they're getting ready to to a. chinese telecom john wall way has warned us authorities the latest me won't make america quote more secure or stronger i think that washington could end up having to pay more for lower quality 5 g. equipment china's foreign ministry for its part has slammed washington's latest move is this craze for an unjust this is after the u.s. department of commerce place while on a trade blacklist the decision coming hard on the heels of donald trump declaring a national emergency to protect america's computer networks from what he described as foreign adversaries. foreign adversaries are increasingly creating an explosive vulnerabilities in information and communications technology and services which store and communicate vast amounts of sensitive information. over the past few

months washington's been trying to persuade allies to shun the hallway quitman threatening to limit intelligence sharing with those who fail to comply though britain one of america's key allies in europe is refusing to bang the chinese company out of hand saying it still hasn't made the decision the similar response came earlier in march from germany china economy expert professor benjamin chao says that war way i'd actually benefit from the us stance polly actually has an unblemished record of over 30 years in 170 countries punishing one corporation with those solid evidence branes waves of fear out of the us my lag behind with no using the bears equipment available in the world and americans are forced to buy spens if technologies and even in fewer or more inferior technologies and in fact in the long gone while. the americans my choose to go to

china to hatch their technologies in china you know the to sell to china how we should do what our way has been doing in the past 30 years let the products speak for yourself and in fact get some arguably why we could be the biggest winner we've all this free advertising. the dispute about the building of a new church in a russian city has a skillet into a standoff that's been going on for days or in clashes between opposing sides and the number of arrests putin even got involved or if i'm not sure explains. this has been going on for some time already have to the authorities in russia's city or vacated in the east of moscow decided to build a new church st catharines cathedral on the city's main central square to market it involves 300th anniversary some people got really upset saying this will need to destroy one of the city's few green areas and on monday for the 1st time this

discontent took to the streets following a call on social media some several 100 people gathered around a temporary fence marking the sport where the church is supposed to be build chanting we want a square and apparently at some point it went wild according to the region's governor the protesters managed to throw this fence they were arguing with the police and threw richie on the ground. refusing to leave the area and there were clashes between these people and the construction of the church the government decided to have an emergency meeting inviting both sides but as a result decision was made to go on with the construction and this is why on tuesday the protests continued with 26 people arrested at the end of the day with 3 taking to the hospital including one with a broken rib according to local police reports it went on on wednesday as well. another 21 protester is detained by local police and earlier on thursday russia's

president vladimir putin was asked to comment on this situation during a media forum that is currently happening in russia city of sochi and wasn't putin has said that when he 1st learned about this situation that in wood he was rather surprised because there is only one and very easy way to resolve this issue to know the opinion of the majority of the people living in the area and to go on with their decision and this should be done through local referendum. everyone has the right to express opinion if this is the opinion of local inhabitants the opinion has certainly to be taken into account there is a simple method to conduct the poll and minority must all be majority but the interests of this minority should be taken into account as well let the investors ensure there will be another poorest nearby and that there will be more rather than less trees and shortly after vladimir putin's comments on the situation in ukraine

today and what we've heard from local authorities that they support the idea of a local referendum. a feud between the philippines and canada or of a waste disposal is escalated with another recalling in some consuls this is after canada refused to take back tons of garbage it had shipped to the philippines back in 2013 that the recall shows that we are. very serious in asking them to get back their other ways. severe relationships with them the dispute about began in 2013 when a private canadian company shipped more than 100 containers of trash to the philippines later on it was discovered they'd been falsely labeled as containing recyclable plastic when in fact they contained household waste in 2016 the philippines court ordered the company to take back the rubbish but it continues to

languish on the landfill site last month the philippines president adopted a stronger stance and pushed the deadline for canada to take back the trash even threatening war. will declare war against canada we can take them down i'll return the trash just wait and see i will advise canada that your garbage is on the way prepare grounds reception even if you want to it is now theoretically possible to get it back but there's still a number of questions around who will pay for it where the financial responsibility is where the consequences are. well the move comes months after chinese authorities refused to accept recyclable waste from the u.s. forcing it along with other western countries to rethink what they do with their rubbish richard darian foreign affairs analyst in manila says that just in to do has failed to fulfill the promise he made 2 years ago to take the rubbish back. well for a very long time to the size being up unfortunately

a recipient of top secret waste including nuclear waste of from the united states in software western allies so this issue has been lingering for quite long time between ringback 80 and one of those however i've seen a summer of 0.4 for the philippines where if you are president you go to target because we have no plan these are just introduce us here in the last 2 years ago for the audience saw me promise that they were going to take back the trash all the garbage toxic garbs that was left you're a lingering it's a 1030 and you to your scheme does not happen i mean you can even going to say that this was a private deal between the candidate kompany and it filippi to conquer the 1st guinea there's also say that you know it's not only the county gets all these also whoever it was able to accept these back in 2013 the philippines but clearly this is the greatest diplomatic crisis president to long term holidays philippines and canada. a sri lankan continues to recover from the devastating attacks that left

250 dead on easter sunday villages tensions continue to rise and the recently released so far on verified video is on the spot for the control to see footage shows a man dressed in army uniform apparently turning away as dozens of people per person on sion attack on a muslim owned building the government says it is investigating the matter recent days have seen a new wave of anti muslim riots resulting in one play toileting mosques have been attacked and qur'an set on fire while muslim shops have been petrol bombed 78 suspects have been arrested. the video comes as the sri lankan government faces increasing criticism for failing to restore calm following last month's string of deadly bombs. i.

was thinking anything we heard a loud bang and we fainted that's all i remember. i wish to express my heartfelt solidarity with the christian community affected one that was a prayer and with all the victims of such cruel violence. south asia politics and security expert from lancaster university of maryland. police technology is increasingly being misused in order to introduce instability. the fact of the matter is that they muslims on the ground are very wrong and it's

simply cannot control that emotion of let it be the christians are called with of muslims as well and we are also talking about a history of violence in the country you expected that with modernity to build a lot of this into this interconnectedness under sinfulness and highway people would have moved away from these primordial identities but that hasn't happened unfortunately what we're saying is that in the hands of bigots in the hands of radicals in the hands of conservatives the idleness on highways used to properly a specific kind of narrative a specific kind of propaganda and unfortunately we don't have control over that unlike what we have hard in the past where the police can come knocking on the door people would know as to exactly what is going on. tensions between the united states and germany are on the rise over the north stream to gas pipeline insists that it will be countered by washington. meetings of america is acting in this case

like germany is its colony this is something i don't want to happen and we need to prevent this at all costs billions co-hosting an energy conference with the use approach to rushing gas on the agenda peter all of the reports from the event. been hearing here at this gas conference in berlin is that europe germany is where in particular needs a reliable source of energy that comes not from coal not from nuclear that the idea here in germany is to get away from well with nuclear by 2022 in coal by the end of 2030 s but the end of the 2030 s. gas they say is the only way forward however what we are seeing is big opposition to that particularly coming from the united states senator ted cruz of texas has put forward a bill which could see extra sanctions put in place on those companies that are currently building the nord stream to pipeline in the baltic sea and it's not just from them that we've heard this criticism also the ambassador for germany for the probably united states here in germany richard grinnell issued

a warning that's well pulls no punches sanctions are coming if you continue to be involved with north stream to from american point of view the bio blown is not just drills boards and gas but present on cruise sanctions through grinnell isn't the only us ambassador that's been having an outspoken say on this the u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sunderland also suggest that the europe should even suggest he directly said that europe's should source its energy from democratic sources not on democratic ones pointing a finger directly at russia while he was saying now i spoke to 2 close to the member the bundestag heavily involved in the committee it looks into north stream too from here in germany and he said statements like this were absolute rubbish that's. what angers me most here is that german companies and other european companies that want to build this pipeline being threatened i'm told they won't be able to do business in the u.s.

if they take part these are extra territorial sanctions that go beyond the u.s. they go against international law and in my opinion are completely unacceptable away from the men and women involved in the gas industry itself there's also opposition political figures here we spoke to. one of them who said well this isn't about geopolitics this isn't about securing the e.u.'s energy this is all about business when it comes to the us i consider this comment from just it's quite ridiculous because we all know that american brought us the best christmas man in the balt. like always learning from the best ones and we have learned from the america that you always source from the cheapest source and always source from the most reliable source and liquid natural gas is neither cheap nor reliable and that is why it's of course in determine interest to source mainly from russia what we're hearing from here at the gas conference in berlin is that no matter what pressures

put on by the united states this is a deal that is going to get done it's a project that's going to get finished it may well end up upsetting some people along the way but billions of already been invested in it it is required for germany to meet its energy needs as it looks to move away from fossil fuels like coal and also move away from nuclear power they're going to have to replace that with something and they saying here that they have to replace it with gas. with a base for you on the top stories in half an hour. there's an petersburg international economic forum is a unique event in today's business world. over the last 21 years the forum has become a leading global platform for discussing the key economic issues facing russia emerging markets the world thousands of business community members attend

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