u.s. special counsel robert mueller his silence on the investigation offering some clarification on the report's conclusions. reaction as well. pietschmann question at this point all options are on the table and nothing should be ruled out and all of those things have been determined to not have taken place collusion conspiracy obstruction and again we consider this very much to be case closed. in the venezuela crisis as the opposition and the u.s. now looks at the talks with president bush to be held territory in norway. and the leader of germany's ruling party is proposing tighter pre-election media regulation . bloggers for parties heavy losses in the e.u.

parliament. so why rules should apply for digital content easier to do need. not. here in moscow thursday the 30th of may welcome to world news from r.t. international for the 1st time in 2 years u.s. special counsel robert mueller has commented publicly on the trump russia investigation he addressed a number of lingering questions about the 22 month long inquiry which found no evidence of collusion but numerous instances of possible obstruction of justice by the president as the details. he spoke for 10 minutes and reiterated and clarified much of what was in his widely read report after the 2 year investigation this is some of what we heard from robert mohler if we had had come confidence that the president clearly did not commit

a crime we would have said so. we did not however make a determination as to whether the president did commit a crime president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office and he made clear that he could not charge a sitting president he clarified that as the last stands the department of justice cannot bring charges against a president rather there are other procedure laid out for that democrats and target of the statement from bob muller regarding the fact that he cannot bring charges against a sitting president as a cue for them to raise the issue of impeachment because specter impeachment question at this point all options are on the table and nothing should be ruled out . clear this morning that his investigation now lays at the feet of congress no one is above the law congress should begin an impeachment inquiry these administration has continued to stonewall congress oversight begin impeachment proceedings is the only path forward miller statement makes clear with those who have read his report

no it's an impeachment referral and it's up to congress to act they shewed given the special counsel was unable to pursue criminal charges against the president if the congress threw stones or the crimes noise and other wrongdoing a president trump and we would do so however what he was saying was not very much different than what he said in the report months ago emphasized what was in the report he cited indictments against russian citizens as evidence of russian meddling in the u.s. presidential election many emphasize that no collusion between u.s. president donald trump and the russian government was at any point discovered now democrats have been harshly critical of will. bar the u.s. attorney general arguing that he is in favor of u.s. president donald trump and has been swaying and distorting things in donald trump's favor democrats accuse william barr of making unnecessary redactions to the report and acting in other ways that showed

a kind of sympathy for the president however when bob muller spoke he did not offer any criticism about william bar or his comments on the investigation report and we appreciate that the attorney general made the report largely public and i certainly don't question the attorney general's good faith in the decision responded to the report saying that the case is now closed that he has not been proven guilty he is innocent collusion or obstruction and all of those things have been determined to not have taken place collusion conspiracy obstruction and again we consider this very much to be case closed now bob mueller made clear he will not be testifying any further or making any further comments he did not take any questions from the press and he made clear that his report is meant to speak for itself whilst legal and media analysts leinil what he made of miller's statement to the justice department. the interesting thing to note is one of the reasons why many suspect he

doesn't want to speak to congress is one that republicans asked him when did you know this how many years ago how many months into this investigation did you come to the conclusion a either there was no evidence are there was no reason to charge him but how long have you been stringing the country and the president and the world along why here's another question for you if you can't end dive him if those were the rules why did you investigate him in the 1st place did you know these rules before or did you know the rules before that say you can indict him or charge him then well where you were investigating ah you were investigating collusion and by the way did you notice such a paltry and de minimus amount of time that was that was given to the reason for this what was this rush in collusion explain this more.

push for a negotiated resolution to the venezuelan crisis is picking up steam representatives of president nicolas maduro and opposition leader white are expected to meet for a 2nd round of talks in norway next week however the united states still has its preferred solution. as we have repeatedly stated we believe the only thing to negotiate with nicholas maturity is the conditions of his departure and the return to the negotiating table comes despite the opposition's initial reluctance to participate. proclamation of powell was supported by a consistent and hawkish stance among western leaders over the last 4 months it goes down of texas through the power struggle. i think me for bringing that up i swear to formally soon the duties of the national executive as president of venezuela. and that was how it all began a long and put old road to the chaos and mayhem venezuela's in today it wants needs local politician overnight short into political stardom and with the u.s.

on his side it seemed one why don't you simply couldn't lose. i'm mike pence the vice president of the united states the united states supports the courageous decision many more countries followed suit brazil has just issued a note recognizing one we're going to go as venezuela's president. one plan. one door in europe while you go you know why though venezuela began to devour itself from the inside too on by protests streets flooded people on mass reassuring maduro of their support all venting their anger at a president they call a dictator. meanwhile washington and rolled its arsenal from threats to sanctions to even seemingly harmless things

like aid it try to slip the balance of power in favor over their man why don't i wish him a long quiet retirement on a pretty beach far from venezuela and the sooner he takes advantage of that the center is likely to have a nice quiet retirement on a pretty beach rather than being in some other beach area like guantanamo an unconventional holiday but among the mildest ideas in america's rhetoric all options are on the day all options are on the table all options are on the table all options are on the table all options are on the table because they always are but with all that commotion in white dove camp would have much dural the incumbent leader was willing to go all and. invention of 2 trying to articulate his readiness to talk it out with his new rival complement you got i am committed to international dialogue today tomorrow and always i'm committed and personally ready but back then why do it was feeling too good to grace's arch nemesis confronted with the blatant refusal duro klang to the 2nd best thing he had and has apart from

the support of a good share of his people the military it stood strong with the dural despite what you do and washington's efforts to encourage defection. the president imposter tried to make it look like things were going his way out of the armed forces are standing behind the people and the constitution but very soon he's both full overstatement was clear decisions were sporadic local and way below the critical mass needed to have a dura worried and all that leads us here to a complete stalemate why don't has won the battle for the hearts and minds on capitol hill for the embassies for the right to be called president of venezuela on the diplomatic papers of 3rd party countries but not his own to like to see them into vain militarily longest in i as president in charge of the national parliament

will evaluate all necessary options however cautious it may be an official evaluation of an international intervention is as good as an open call for one but with the us no longer looking as trigger happy as before why do it has sent his emissaries to talk with the duro no longer too good for that and the us apparently once confident a quick power play would lead to victory now has learned that all or doesn't elect presidents there are some in washington though who despite the resumption of the oslo talks appear to believe hostility is the best policy senator lindsey graham even recently invoked the invasion of grenada a night in 83 which was widely viewed as illegal to make the case for intervention in venezuela. douras not the legitimate leader of venezuela he would be in power without 6 or $7000.00 cuban security forces in venezuela i would do exactly what

reagan did i would give cuba an ultimatum to get out of venezuela look at they don't i would let the bit of soil and military know you got to choose between democracy and the dura and if you choose where dura and cuba were coming after you under president reagan in 1903 the us sent an invasion force into grenada under the pretext of protecting american citizens from the caribbean nations marxist leadership in just over a week operation urgent fury had overthrown the cuban lined government senator graham's comparison though seems to be glossing over some crucial differences between venezuela today and grenada in the eighty's for starters the island nation of grenada is geographically much smaller than venezuela making it easier to access and control in 1903 its population stood at 96000 venezuela is 32000000 back then the u.s. deployed around 6000 troops and according to some estimates a u.s. military intervention in venezuela today would probably require $150000.00 soldiers human rights lawyer and often told us that an invasion by washington would be

disastrous. the idea that the u.s. is going to be able to knock the venezuelan government grenada star is just selling us of course the u.s. could try a military option on the u.s. point of view it would be a disaster it would be a very protracted military struggle europe where in the end not support it i think most south american countries do not support it even apparently the military brazil i think the u.s. would stand up and i think that will barrack lee it would be a disaster for the u.s. and it could be a disaster in many other way again if they guts the u.s. got something new another vietnam war it would cause the deaths of course of u.s. personnel would cost trillions of dollars. treasury in many cause rebellion with the united states against the government as we saw during the

vietnam war so it's a very very risky proposition for the u.s. to be. the head of germany's ruling party is facing a backlash for suggesting that there should be measures to control political discussion online 185-0000 people have signed a petition against what they claim are on a good crime carabao its plans for censorship but is make a promise we lost among young voters for 2 reasons we failed to radically address issues that are important to them and we failed due to the handling of the reza radio where would happen if 70 newspapers decided just 2 days before the election to make a joint appeal down photo for the c.d.u. or s.p.d. that would be a clear case of political bias in the run up to an election so why rules should apply for digital content these are the questions we will need to discuss not just for to cd you live for media policy as a whole in the future of democracy. well her comments came after

a number of you tube bloggers in germany called on people not to vote for the ruling coalition parties in the elections which she blames for the christian democratic union heavy losses on sunday so now does this how clear. the current system is destructive actually it is my democratic to. vote for the s.p.d. don't vote for the and please don't go through the years. we ask you will not to support the cd you all see as you and don't support the s.p.t. you. don't do those for any party who doesn't operate on logic or science or it isn't course to destroy. the c.d.u. leader's statement of rival parties as well the left party called it an assault on the freedom of expression and repression of the german constitution or the freedom party political movements need to have a dialogue with social media platforms martin dalton who's from the left party told us that maintaining relations with tech savvy youth is crucial. all young people

are searching for how we double looks. they way they want. to participate in the decision process in the society to the movement of produce for future growth on the internet like resort the us is a power off to search for or participation in society for the 1st victim for the future and the less the political mainstream. able to create discourse which really the trick the emotion of the people emotionally by the under like to let it grow more conscious of them all start to organize themselves and the ball. search for different frames where the democrats. are right this hour israel's entered into uncharted political territory the embattled prime minister's run out of time to form

a new government following his recent election victory the deadline passed 15 minutes ago midnight let's go live to tel aviv get more from our middle east correspondent paula slay either how much of a political disruption is there what happens now. well as you say the israeli parliament has just voted to dissolve the current parliament and hold new elections come september the 17th now this is the 1st time in the history of israel that you have a scenario when an election was held in the previous election was held back on april the 9th and it was won by the incumbent prime minister benjamin netanyahu and neither the party that won the largest amount of votes in other words netanyahu nor the party that came 2nd was able to form a majority coalition government this will mean that israelis will head to the polls now twice in a matter of 6 months not netanyahu obviously wanted to avoid this and the sticking point was negotiations between him and a former ally in a former defense minister avigdor lieberman netanyahu. we needed

a majority of 61 out of 120 parliament seats and he was only able to get 60 with out lieberman's support lieberman had another 5 seats but the 2 clashed over the whole issue of whether or not ultra orthodox jews should be forced to go to the army at the moment they are exempt and lieberman was pushing for them to be included but netanyahu found himself between a rock and a hard place because a lot of his coalition is made up of religious parties and these obviously don't want to see these young men sort of in the army but really to be honest this was a smokescreen this is essentially a power struggle between netanyahu and lieberman and what remains to be seen now is whether or not even men will get support in 6 months time because he took such a strong stance against an attack on yahoo or whether in fact he will lose it is important to mention if there was a poll that was held earlier today and that poll did find that elections in 6 months time are still alive to see a twin coalition government coming to power but this is not ideal from the time

they are who they are risks that you could see a high number of arabs for example turning out you could see right wing voters at the fair take so things change a lot in israel in the matter of 6 months and at the same time what we do know is that the holding elections will be hugely closely to the israeli economy we're hearing from the treasury that it will cost $120000000.00 for these elections to be held in addition there will be more than $1000000000.00 loss to the economy because you'll be having another public holiday also worth mentioning that on this day on yahoo is slated to meet with general now the senior adviser to the american president donald trump is in the country to try and push forward is much touted his being trumps much touted peace plan and he was meeting with netanyahu on the presumption that netanyahu is going to be prime minister so it's going to be very interesting to see how that plays out because of course now he's meeting with

someone who is. it's not going to need all of the premiership and what are the implications of that for those so-called deal of the century is he saying moving forward. looking to happen between now and the next election in september or i will keep watch on that for now though paula slater in tel aviv thank you. revelations in a documentary that exposed a child sex abuse in poland roman catholic church of sparked a wave of outrage in the country the film was financed through a crowdfunding campaign and has been viewed more than 20000000 times on you tube. finally the peta followers in black cloaks will face justice make more movies like this one which discloses the deception of the church big respect everyone who decided to be a part of this film are just tell of all their horrible experience without the

camera the catholic church doesn't lead people to go and it just makes them run away from him. the governing polish law and justice party also reacted to films revelations pledging to confront the problem of clerical abuse its leader initiated a vote in parliament on longer prison terms for child abusers after the documentary began attracting widespread attention but he also accused some of using the situation to attack and undermine the church as a whole adding that there is no poland without the institution. everyone has the right to express their opinion but i think politicians need to be more careful with their what is it's not just a matter of individual offenders the crimes were covered up these things were known to be the church authorities this absent the way they moved the offenders from parish to parish is horrendous there should be real punishment merely losing the position in church is not punishment justice must be served. in support of the it's

hard to say maybe kaczynski want to say it was an attack on christian values he is partly right it's like living in an apartment and closing the rise to the neighbor's pathological family and when a tragedy happens everyone wakes up but if you react early you can prevent a tragedy you have to fight against those who degenerates you the film shows your truth and how people reacted to truth is their private matter but i do not consider this movie an attack on the church for the bush you know the church needs to be kept separate from politics that will solve the problem. the un is raising the alarm over child malnutrition in war ravaged afghanistan they say there are enough funds to help the millions of children in need of urgent aid it comes as u.s. troops mark in a 20 year presence in the country. meet. they are 2000000 children in the country which suffered from acute malnutrition and

among them 600000 children that's a far from c.v.r. acute malnutrition a child that said the suffer from severe condition is the type that needs urgent treatment otherwise he might die. the more we are the own sort provided off treatment for syria to the nutrition if we don't have money to buy these treatment the severely accoutrement mandarin wished we do not get it. unfortunately in ghana standards we can treat our severe malnutrition as a high level the main reasons are gratian poverty and don't work polluted drinking water substandard food and an educated mothers.

we also spoke to unicef communications chief for afghanistan who says its children who suffer the most in times of conflict. this spiegel of 600000 children who are severely acutely manaul reached has been a tween for the last 5 years the only issue now is that everybody is recognizing that it is a crisis he said imagine see and it needs to be put on the national agenda and that's why we need to the attention of everybody together with the government and this is a crisis and urgent attention and we call on all parties to the conflict or one in factions to teach not that the impact of conflict is mainly borne by children and that someone call children should not be part of any conflict in any country. now 400 kilometers above the earth 2 russian cosmonauts are conducting a 6 and

a half hour space walk they are commander or they go economy and flight engineer a legacy of chain and now for common anchor it's his 5th space walk or this is of 1st time and he's one of the crew members from last october's failed launch one of stories rocket fire back to earth moments after liftoff not that it's put him off as you can see for this space walk among the 29th of the shuttle maintenance day for the station but it also marks a much more poignant moment in history too especially for russia the crew are honoring the 85th anniversary of the 1st person to walk in space the soviet union alexi the on off in tribute they brought along a picture of the pioneer to accompany them on today's spectacle. and that is your news for this hour next european voters as they put the big center ground parties on notice cross-talk asks whether the shift is a blip or a game changer. join

me every 1st day on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to get a feel of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. facebook and google started with a great idea and great ideals unfortunately there was also a very dark side. they are constructing a profile of you and that profile is real it's detailed and it never goes away turns out that google is manipulating your opinions from the very 1st character that you type into the search bar it will always spayed one dog food over another one comparative shopping service over another and one candidate over another they can suppress certain types of results on what they think you should be seen if they have this kind of power then democracy is an illusion the free and fair election

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a new challenge and a fresh perspective and i'm used to surprising us all why not if you think. i'm going to talk about football not the or else you can sink i was going to do. by the way what is it that sliding here. nobody could see coming that false confessions would be that prevalent in the spot the way shape or form for converge if you look at any interrogation out there what you'll see is threat promise threat promise threat lie a lie a lie the process of interrogation is designed to put people in just that frame of mind make the most comfortable makes them want to get out and don't take no for an answer don't accept their denials she said if i would cooperate so i stayed there i would be home by that time the next day there's

a culture of an accountability and police officers know that they can engage in misconduct that has nothing to do with solving a crime. hello and welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle elites have suffered another humiliating black eye and bloody nose all across europe voters put the elites on notice the status quo is not working for the people this surge to the

right and the rise of populism maybe a game changer was the elites now listen. crosstalk in the e.u. elections i'm joined by my guest john white and he's a political commentator and writer in brussels we have a he is an independent journalist and in paris we cross to francesco so rich you know he is deputy director at o. f. c. e. sciences poll all right gentlemen crossed means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate it let's go to luke in brussels let's go to the belly of the beast itself how is brussels meaning the e.u. stomaching these election results because you can't say they were unexpected maybe a point here or maybe a point there but more or less it was expected there would be a they.