protesters clashed with police on the streets of the ecuadorian capital as the government scrapped fuel subsidies to meet the terms of an i.m.f. loan. the u.s. state department approves the sale of millions of dollars worth of missiles to ukraine with the country proving to be a rich source of money scandal and political intrigue for the united states. and american presidential hopeful bernie sanders declares war on the super rich and gets massive public support and perhaps more surprisingly from facebook's billionaire founder mark zuckerberg people in new york if one percent will ever be seen as an oppressed minority. oppressed. i

don't think they should be hated they don't believe in demonizing the successful. you were. off today now for here in moscow welcome to weekend world update from r.t. international 1st to south america the ecuador has been shaken by another wave of protests after a state of emergency was declared on thursday demonstrations began over the government's decision to end fuel subsidies which is expected to cause the prices of petrol and diesel to more than double. i. students and transport workers have been leading a national strike and the president is using emergency powers to deploy troops in an attempt to maintain order but there have been scenes of chaos as police clashed

with protesters and there have been at least 350 arrests. the fuel subsidies have been costing the government more than a $1000000000.00 a year and it says there's no chance they'll be reinstated it's all part of the president's plan to cut public spending to meet the terms of an i.m.f. loan that was agreed in march he goes down of takes a deeper look at the impact it's having. the i.m.f. is the generous dessie and open handed and giving and seeing whenever a country's economy is in grave need my immediate priority for the i.m.f. . is to help members minimize the risk of crises we focus on job creation we focus on productivity we focus on stability stability actually will be my my my key focus is to build strong key qualities so people fly 30 rock except far too often when they stayed places its trust in the

i.m.f. it ends up in scenes like these. people like like ours sure scrooges i don't know the facts she doesn't suit the charts yourself. the last pictures we showed you are from ecuador a country that proves that the i.m.f. does business the same way on both sides of the atlantic at the expense of the people the ecuadorian administration reached a 4 point $2000000000.00 deal with the fund in exchange for a forms abiding by its trusted playbook the i.m.f. marketed it in a non surprise fashion achieving their own last fiscal position is at the core of

the authorities programme which will be supported by a 3 year extended arrangement from the i.m.f. well i've already kind of spoiled to you how this has turned out so far in turmoil in the streets and the state of emergency the authorities have voluntarily renounced their right to choose they must follow through with the tax rate. form stripped the citizens of some labor protections and cause fuel prices to double measures wildly unpopular among the people well but these are the commandments of the sect of a stereotype and like with any cult it's easy to get in not to get out in 2002 the president of malawi a nation in africa said that the i.m.f. had forced them to sell the country's strategic grain reserves they did and as a result millions of people were exposed to famine when the drought hit something the i.m.f. outright refused to accept any responsibility for the causes of food shortages in

malawi are complex including lapses in the government's early warning systems distortions in domestic markets and mismanagement of food reserves in more recent cases the i am of bailout programs for italy greece ireland and portugal ignited europe wide and to your sterrett in movements just when people realised that in reality the money comes not from the i.m.f. but from their wallets in ecuador just over 20 percent of the population support the reforms that came until with the funds billions because the i.m.f. is a robin hood who got it all wrong and now gives to the rich and takes from the poor the i.m.f. is given a credit to our country is under certain conditions on the. day they control the economy girl agenda and they're going to go on which is about the goal of the i.m.f. what they are really following is try to open the economy of whether just to make

the. ecuadorian people in the future going to get access to a different kind of private services that they dig out but the thing is was the cause of this going off to ration of the economy anything they're doing we know they're going to see inflation we know they're going to increase unemployment rate at the moment but in theory yes in theory they're whether of the future. only an economy similar like the u.s. economy or mexican economy let's say but obviously with that with our high with the cost of the streets and that's going to be. facebook's founder of the world's 5th richest person mark zuckerberg has made quite a surprising statement by agreeing with u.s. presidential hopeful bernie sanders that billionaires should not exist with the much maligned tycoon donald trump at the helm of america it raises questions as to whether the rich are becoming an oppressed minority or on that next with caleb open . billionaires pretty much rule the united states the president himself is a billionaire but apparently he is the most threatened and bullied man in the

country he has turned american diplomacy into a cheap extortion racket let's be honest donald trump is a loser all his failed businesses trump cares about exactly one person and that one person is named donald trump i'm sorry that you're a terrible president. well perhaps but the bullying of donald trump has very little to do with him being a billionaire billionaires almost live in a parallel universe with elite parties private jets and little islands that they own but apparently some billionaires feel like they are persecuted minority it's the ordinary people that are persecuting them led by a boogie man named bernie sanders. millionaires billionaires billionaire billionaire billionaires billionaires i am not a billionaire due to all that class hatred incited by bernie sanders the rich are forced to hide in fancy restaurants and the studio of the fox news channel so

longer say for them to roam the streets with commoners let's go back to bernie sanders for a minute when you're having a standard here what the hell has he done it's aspirational i didn't start with anything just penalize everyone that's done well now steve schwarzman the founder of blackstone says that the treatment of billionaires in the united states is starting to resemble the treatment of the jews in nazi germany seriously he actually said this it's the wall it's like when hitler invaded poland in 1939 and he's not the only one it's a rising trend if you go back to 1933 we differ from woods this is what hitler was saying in germany you don't survive as a society if you encourage and thrive on and view it genesee the wealthy t.v. preacher kenneth copeland has also reported suffering at the hands of the not so. or a huge fire lines you can't manage that today right this don't feel old world right get in an air get in alone too with

a bunch of demon so the gap between the rich and poor in america has reached its peak in half a century so do you think that billionaires are really an oppressed minority we decided to ask new yorkers what they think that's a joke right oppressed. not at all i mean how can we approach minority we're living in a world anyway i don't think they should be hated they didn't get that way well most people did a really successful got that way because they work if they have enough money so they can protect themselves don't believe in demonizing the successful i mean their majority of them has created a product or service and this results of. the good work that they've done this is their success so i don't demonize him for being successful now this notion that the rich are somehow mistreated by society is certainly not new the cold war novelist and philosopher i know rand wrote an entire book called atlas shrugged it was about how the rich of the world go on strike against the ungrateful rabble who levy taxes

against them but average americans just don't buy the argument seems that when the ultra rich claim the world has been unfair to them they don't really know what fair means kaleb often are to see new york. staying in the u.s. the impeachment inquiry into donald trump over his phone call with the leader of ukraine has seen white house officials subpoenaed to over the president's contacts with key have the democrats spearheading the probe say trump has left them with no other choice as for u.s. military aid which plays an important role in the whole scandal oh monday the u.s. state department approved the sale of nearly $40000000.00 worth of anti-tank weapons to key have but $150.00 japanese missiles come on top of the $200.00 sold to the country last year a senior correspondent but i guess you have takes a look at how ukraine has turned into a gold mine for the united states. the 1st sight you wouldn't take ukraine for a land of opportunity. unless you're into peddling weapons the javelin system will help ukraine build its long term defense capacity to defend its sober

instance oratorial integrity in order to meet its national defense requirements now ain't that just the american dream selling weapons to a nation that can barely afford to keep itself warm in the winter and not just any weapons the javelin by far the most expensive and its class more than $200000.00 for the launcher and a rocket was uneasy though it took a concentrated push by arms manufacturers lobbyists and politicians to overturn a ban on lethal weapon sales to ukraine and this man this man was at the center of it the significance of this is that we lifted the old your arms did provide anti-tank weapons. and now we're prepared to treat you crazy like any other normal country which is just look at this face doesn't it radiate honesty and

empathy but appearances can be deceptive kurt was naughty kurt had a little side gig going on that was all hush hush the side from representing trump in ukraine he also worked for b.g. are a huge and powerful lobbying group which surprise lobbies for a theater the company that manufactures javelin missiles and will make millions by selling them to ukraine kurt unfortunately resigned in september and aside from the whole potentially corrupt thing with b g r and greatly and he was also embroiled in the trump ukraine scandal speaking of which trump has recently put on hold almost $400000000.00 in military aid to ukraine. it leaves out. a scheme to use the leverage of the presidency you don't use the leverage of the. vital military assistance to

a foreign nation. to provide or obtain dirt on a political opponent it's hard to imagine a more serious set of allegations than those contained in the complaint surely they can't all be rotten this is adam adam has a much friendlier face than kurt adams seems genuinely concerned about ukraine alas adam doesn't seem to be any better see among adams sponsors is a fellow named igor pasternak who makes a lot of money on military contracts with ukraine is the pasternak recently hosted a fundraiser for adam after which the congressman began all but the mounding that the u.s. send money and arms to ukraine which would allow his generous sponsor to real the tire ukrainian military just last year the m 16 project was conceived some time

ago as ukrainian own forces border guards and national guard will be time switched to nato standards on a city you could probably film sin city 3 with characters based in these guys but even if you don't sell guns and don't get kickbacks or donations from mama's manufacturers you can still use ukraine here for example as ukraine's national anticorruption bureau chief sit nick recorded bragging about how he helped hillary clinton during the 2016 election yes yes i don't know trump but hillary i helped hillary belongs to the cohorts of politicians who comprise the hedge of money in the us both in the us and in the entire world. that is sort of better oh you could definitely film sin city 3 with these guys but the

audio is real confirmed by ukraine's attorney general it was missed the city by the way who published dirt on trump's campaign manager in 2016 in the real last anyway but the fellow tried so what if you don't have guns to sell or elections to win what if for example daddy wants to get his young boy a nice cushy job where he didn't have to do much well ukraine's the help booth john biden's son and john kerry's stepson landed executive jobs at a ukrainian energy company now strap yourself in hunter biden earned 50000 dollars a month 50000 in a country where the average wage is a few $100.00 and you know what in the weird and wacky world of us politicians and i think i gave you a taste of just how wacky it is that's normal the underlying problem here was of

course hunter biden receiving $50000.00 a month from the ukraine energy company do you think that that is evidence of corrupt behavior no people are set on. monetary payments it was always a playground for america ukraine in 2013 victoria nuland boasted about the billions america spent supporting democracy in ukraine or meddling in its politics you pick since ukraine's independence in 1901 the united states has supported ukrainians as they do democratic skills and institutions as they promote civic participation and good governance of which are preconditions for ukraine to achieve its here p n aspirations we've invested over $5000000000.00 to assist ukraine in knees and articles that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic train. well thank you miss nuland didn't ukraine turn out great but then again look at it like an american

senator you don't care that ukrainians are poor cold stressed and hopeless what you care about is that your sponsors can make money and keep do need what you care about is ukrainians helping you in elections what you care about is ukraine providing your kids with comfy little jobs that pay millions over the years and if you are an american senator well ukraine couldn't have turned out any better. thousands to fight a facemask ban that came into force in hong kong on saturday the emergency measure to restrict face coverings resulted in violent clashes on friday when protesters smashed windows and set fires the city's metro system and dozens of shopping malls have been closed throughout the day it's the 4th month of violent demonstrations in the territory against beijing's policies they started in opposition to an

extradition bill that would have allowed suspects to be taken to mainland china for trial but that bill has since been dropped. and it's not just hong kong has also been grappling to avoid facial recognition that france is rolling out a nationwide i.d. scheme that's got critics outraged among our stories after the break. the world is driven by a dream shaped. thing

. we dare to ask. with more make this manufactured consent to public wealth. when the ruling class is a project. of the famous. neither one. nor middle of the room sick. a lot again the u.k. government has formally of knowledge to the killing of maori people when a british explorer arrived in new zealand in the 18th century but the official

statement stop short of the full apology that someone hoping for. i'm not it's the deaths of 9 if your ancestors and see you as the descendants of those calves i often my every sympathy. for i understand the pain does not diminish with time. the 1st encounter between captain james cook's men and indigenous people in 769 led to the deaths of at least 9 maoris britons nearly expressed regrets came just a few days before a government funded commemoration of that landing and it's just the latest in a series of similar actions they've taken over their colonial past. in 2030 the u.k. agreed compensation for more than 5000 torture victims of the 1950 s. uprising in kenya and earlier this year former prime minister to resign may describe the 1900 massacre as a shameful scar on britain's history in india when troops fired on an armed crowd containing some nationalist protesters and killing more than

a 1000 people according to some indian estimates but again her words were not seen as a full apology we spoke to a maori right advocate who says the wording of these expressions is absolutely critical. it's not an apology and it's an expression of regret and so there is a very particular wounds that have been used and the british high commission has reclear she was not speaking on behalf of the british crown to the actual ones that seat james cook a lot i think great britain would be the exception to seeing the vanguard of the imperial expansion as as being heroes i mean this is the same for many european impious they hear a scientist their activities and they got to write the history books and my price themselves as. to say and an expression of regret which is literally a non apology that it's impossible to know what really happened when there are

numerous accounts they have slight variations but they all agree that these people were unarmed and were killed for the sake of demonstrating supremacy we know that. france is set to become the 1st european country to roll out a nationwide id programme using facial recognition technology president across been pushing the initiative despite a barrage of criticism from penn privacy campaigners who shouted to ban school. your face is your passport it is saying that it's becoming more and more reality in the modern world we may already be used to the idea of facial recognition to access . smartphones or even certain apps but how about the idea that governments are now moving in the direction of using your face as a means to access digital information as citizens so that could be services such as taxes and social security without there being any alternative that's exactly what's

about to happen in france it seems it's set to become europe's 1st country to use facial recognition. to propose service is extremely practical everybody will have an opportunity to see for themselves it's a facial recognition system for your mobile phone is infinitely more practical than a card the fact is that your personal data can be stolen from your card and to morrow you can change your card but your face won't change in a day so this development will radically influence the security of information it's caused serious monks' critics who say the id program dubbed his premature and they've also raise concerns about its privacy the processing of personal data which reveals racial or ethnic origin political opinions religious or philosophical beliefs is prohibited while the development of this technology creates and

president opportunities socially beneficial uses it also poses a serious threat to human rights and civil liberties most notably the freedom of expression freedom of assembly and association the right to privacy and the right to a fair trial. i listen and acronym for certified online authentication on mobile will be rolled out in november according to the french government it will enable any individual to prove his or her identity on the internet in a secure manner but how do people here in paris feel about it has forced people like. even giving a choice is the key to do one thing and then if it's really rough it's true that it could be dangerous i don't know much about it i think security is more important but it doesn't bother me but i don't have a new choice i think people can already do that with social media there's also been concern that this could be this free slope to facial recognition biometrics being

used c.c.t.v. i mean every move that you make could be entered into a database and that's already happening in countries like china the french government though insists this will not be the case here and it says any footage to use facial recognition will be raised within seconds but those assurances may not be enough to persuade people given that state security standards in france have already 'd been breached earlier this year it took a hacker a little over an hour to break into a secure government messaging app so many are perhaps concerned that all technology is pregnant will and their information could fall into the wrong hands big brother is watching you and soon you may have no choice but to let it show if you can ski r.t. paris. supporters of scottish independence are out in force in edinburgh with the

organizers of this saturday's rally saying they expect over 100000 people to take part in the latest in a string of marches that have been held across scotland during the summer the group behind today's event where the prospect of britain leaving me without a deal growing in the mental movement is gaining momentum for most 5 years in scotland held its 2014 referendum on leaving the u.k. back then 55 percent voted to remain in the union. from the moscow news team to the south thanks for watching next update after saturday's going underground. round up with a little and then comes out of. the set up one among one of them. a

friday afternoon tea they tell you not the hi i'm i said. i thought the set on months in front of the sun shone. so totally unknown to me but the lock of the. then that he had a sim when we did the board. problem in syria how it started and became exacerbated is probably because the united states and the russian federation both of them decided to deal with it at an arm's length they allowed the regional allies to take care of things there are a number of opportunities. if they were seized and there were serious attempts by

moscow and washington to solve the problem and i was witness to a number of them and it could have been possible and with a short in the war and would have saved a lot of lives there's no don't. get . pleasure it as you welcome your going underground special from the german capital berlin and joining me is bring him from the libyan green resistance movement he's director of the center for african unity studies and he's known all around as warm a spokesperson the late one mercury. was going on going underground 1st of all

i think you should perhaps remind us in what capacity you were the spokesperson for the late good to have he has right now we hear of continued warfare in what was once africa's richest pick up the country. well after seen in 2011 my country was under attack by the global center of imperialist capitalism. aiming to stop the libyan project for african unity and african independence and i had the bridges and the honor to stand tall with thousands and thousands of young libyan men and women to defend our country against this western attack and i was appointed the spokesperson of the libyan government i was the voice for the libyan resistance movement that time and

i walked close lee with my colleagues and comrades to represent the libyan point of view to the world i dealt with the international media for more than 8 months i held 3 press conferences every day under bombardment but i wasn't alone i had the support the love and the expertise of thousands of young libyan graduates and media personalities and intellectuals who still after 8 years of the war was very hard to fight for the liberation of the. entry for the freedom and independence of the libyan people well mainstream media around the world called you a liar a mouthpiece for a regime that far from this well being about imperialism this was a regime that was organizing mass rape as a policy using vi agra and chemicals.