serving images from hong kong where protesters are set a man on fire apparently being pro chinese. trump welcomes the resignation of the bolivian presidency quit apparently under pressure from the military following weeks of street violence the same time several countries denounce events in the latin american country as a coup. and syria's president bashar al assad shares his thoughts in an exclusive interview with the 1st time he's spoken to an international channel more than the. american war with try to do other countries. in different ways in different ways regarding their not only all in all money or financial resources they do their rights. their rights political rights.

good evening and welcome this is r.t. international. we will start with shocking footage that has emerged of a man being set on fire this is in hong kong after he got into an argument with protesters and i must warn you you may all find these images disturbing. was. scenes that you'd see in a wall disaster zone that would shock even the most hardened viewers today's pictures from hong kong reach new lows the man in this footage hasn't been identified yet authorities have only confirmed he is in a critical condition police say he was attacked after arguing with. footage of the disorder is a regular. feature on global news bulletins one could be forgiven for forgetting

how and why this all began we must take action to demonstrate to president g. the united states senate stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of hong kong the people of hong kong are perfectly within their rights to be very skeptical very anxious about proposals for extradition to the mainland so yes i do support them and have police speak up to them and back them every inch of the way the u.k. signed an internationally binding legal agreement in 1984 that in trying to the one country 2 systems rule in trying to the basic freedoms of the people of hong kong and we stand for square behind that agreement foursquare behind the people of hong kong all those months ago the demonstrators objectives and demands seem to be clear as time has passed and lines blurred this has changed this isn't the 1st such case

of targeted violence merely another step in a pattern of escalation a middle aged unarmed man left unconscious on the ground after a swarming attack by demonstrators global times journalist fuko owl mobs bound and beaten in hong kong airport for his support of author. jr's home a probe aging lawmaker falling victim to a knife attack which could have ended far worse amid rising arson looting and violence police are also upping the stakes that day is the 3rd time live rounds have been used by officers at another protest in critical condition an officer plowing his motorbike into a mass of people 2 of them reportedly injured thousands wounded in clashes it's almost a miracle the body count from the violence isn't higher some say the situation was predictable or claim it's avoidable the protests. is that they simply out of

options the truth could lie somewhere in between but as the protests reach a point of no return compromise seems to be the last priority for any side. tony mcadams is the executive director of the ron paul institute joins me on the line welcome daniel the pictures of a man being set on fire almost surreal and horrific and a very hard to believe that someone is capable of doing that and yet most of the stories that we actually hear here about coming out of hong kong are about investigations into police brutality is there a bit of an imbalance do you think in the way things are being covered. well of course there is you know and as the crowds dwindle there are not hundreds of thousands out there now i don't know what boris johnson and schumer are talking about being with people there are only a few 100 people these days and the crowds dwindle the violence increases it reminds me very much of what happened to my dear in ukraine when the violence

increased when i saw them in plain burnt it reminded me of how the police were treated in my van when they were. alive as well. presumably you know people have a vested interest in the way they cover these stories or some kind of political capital to be made of it what do you think we're actually witnessing at the moment in hong kong. well the u.s. media of course is always lockstep with the u.s. government it really is like the soviet union in the fifty's if there is an intervention supported by washington abroad u.s. media coverage is 100 percent going along with it that's why you don't see any any real coverage in the us media of what's happening you don't see an emphasis on the violence you certainly don't see any reporting on the fact that the leaders of this protest this violence this bug in hong kong are all bankrolled by the united states this is not a secret we have the receipt national down of the masi millions of dollars to

people like like joshua long in the in the other so it's it's a whole the u.s. sponsored movement. do you think that the average person on the street in hong kong realizes what is going on is that a minority really managing to pull the strings it or they actually influencing the everyday public what they do understand what's going on the person who was burned was irritated because they go in they disrupt the train stations the metro station people get can't get to work people that actually have jobs can't get to work and they get irritated with these protesters and they get beat up they get stabbed they get that on fire you know you can't call a couple 100 people burning others and breaking things you can't hold the people it's not a revolution it's a group of violent u.s. backed dogs trying to hit china through what they perceive as its soft underbelly in hong kong. the leader function can be lama said the violence isn't going to make

a difference is not going to persuade the government to do what the protest is it's very difficult though isn't it when everything's being played out on the internet on t.v. in a way that makes you look bad to make he look like kill using violence fire the the police to think the government will succumb eventually. exactly what you want to coach did in ukrainian he said we're going to talk tough and he talked tough we're not going to back down but every single time he compromised they upped it and you know in hong kong the whole reason for these protests the extradition law which is that self shouldn't be controversy all that's already been taken off the table it's reputed it doesn't exist so the whole reason for the protest as in ukraine that was taken away from the protesters and rather think well we won no one that's great let's move ahead no they actually ratchet it up and get more violent so the idea that this is going to end if these if these people are in charge of course they

don't condemn the violence their interview is with with long and with joy you win the other leaders show you and the other leaders they were fused to condemn the violence they endorse the violence so it's not going to. do well. that's the ultimate question isn't it but how does it end if you've got carried a line between a rock and a hard place china doesn't want the leader backing down and want them to stand firm the protesters clearly aren't going to back down and being violent to get what they want if you can't see either side giving in where does that leave us and can you imagine in washington d.c. or in london there were a group of black clad fogs that were beating people up and burning things down and challenging the police the guy that got shot was grabbing the policeman's guns you know the idea that this would be tolerated is so absurd if anything that the chinese government which is demonize is so thuggish has been weaker than any

western government look how mccrone treated the yellow vests look how he continues to treat shooting them in the eyes and things so if anything they've been the most restrained that i've seen in the face of these kinds of protests done a good speech he thanks for your assessment of situation that executive director of the rumpole institute daniel mccann is my guest. moving on a significant moment for democracy donald trump welcomed the resignation of bolivia's president evo morales roloson out to be stepping down on sunday after facing opposition from the military and the police the resignation yesterday of believe in president ever more rallies is a significant moment for democracy in the western hemisphere these events send a strong signal to the legitimate regimes in venezuela nicaragua the democracy and the will of the people will always prevail since for all as announced his departure violent incidents have been reported in and around the capital about.

all these pictures here purportedly showing where all this is house which was found lies through reports say the vice president's home was also run sacked as were the residences of several cabinet ministers. several countries a spoken out against the resignation of moralez denouncing the event as a coup they believe in opposition claims that the police are currently seeking to detain him but the chief of police denies that there is a warrant out for his arrest russia also condemning the situation in bolivia saying that it looked like a directed coup it is done of takes us through the latest events in bolivia you may have heard that bolivia has lately been celebrating a triumph of democracy. to put livia to its people to young people to women to

the heroism of peaceful resistance who will never forget this unique day the end of terror and grateful as a bolivian for this historical lesson long live bolivia absolutely delighted grateful to god that this dictatorship is over this tyranny is over at the time and it's totally glorious for us so we're very happy. well here is what a triumph of democracy has looked like in bolivia president morales resigned the vice president resigned the president of the senate the 3rd person in line for the top job you guessed it resigned. the bolivian army and security forces are the only viable force left after they

renounce their allegiance to the government and took the side of the protesters hey we suggested to the president the state to resign his presidential mounding to allow for peace and stability for the good of our believe you. but it's not as black and white as the anti government side might want you to think plenty of people have been supporting evo morales in the streets and it's them who have been getting the short end of the stake here. in fact that was the key reason for morale us to throw in the towel he wanted the

violent. to cease this. one when deciding to resign so the opposition doesn't keep pursuing my brothers and the unions we are resigning i'm resigning prefers little that my brothers and sisters leaders of the socialist movement don't continue to be held hostage and threatened because in bolivia morales has no one not a 100 not a 1000 supporters he's got millions this a tobar of 47 percent of bolivians voted for morality and while critics of the ballot are screaming bloody murder this is specter the election fraud is within a 3 percent margin evil moralities a die hard leftist as believing bolivia for 14 years under his rule the country's economy has been growing faster than at any period over the past 3 and a half decades morales viewed as the voice of the poor managed to drastically

reduce poverty and economic inequality he significantly increased the minimum wage to and boosted social spending millions had no problem with that and all of them are now represented and protected by nobody now the military is the only element capable of filling the power vacuum and bolivia and well some experts on latin america aren't optimistic about what the army can do for the country it's terrible it's a military coup yesterday the term that was used was asked to resign you don't ask. when you're pointing out that some words. are still their wallet they're not giving up or voluntarily. they know that the alternative was wrong our arses sister's house was burning. members of

the virgin. we saw the track to use your. parole for 28 chain so all of this all of this things that are happening on you are familiar to us and none of them can be described as stomach craddick. the situation with believe you came to a head when the organization of american states called for the country's recent election to be a no due to irregularities the organizations made up of states from across the americas to promote peace among those countries its headquarters is based in washington and you see 60 percent of its funding from the u.s. but it's not been short of control the sea in the past particularly the haiti elections of 20113 quarters of patients did not vote in the elections because the most popular party was arbitrarily excluded from the ballot but the organization of american states decided the election should go to

a runoff proposing the people choose from the candidates that got less than 6 percent of the vote a report by an economic policy think tank said the move raised doubts about its credibility acquittals former president rafael correa believes that the organization but washington's interest head of latin american wants. the oas has always been a tool of the united states but never this blatantly as we're seeing now with leg room at the helm they've totally sold out to the americans and their morals are revolting it's time to build something in latin america so that we can move on without washington or worse an organization under the control of the united states is just an instrument to impose their foreign policy agenda and their own interests upon latin america. or the organization of american states has reacted to recent events stating it rejects any unconstitutional end to the bolivia crisis so it's a call for peace to be restored the rule of law to be respected. syrian

president bashar al assad has denied accusations that government forces have been targeting civilians in an exclusive interview with r.t. he's going underground percenter action returns you to stun the us looting of his country's oil and so shared his view on the actions of kurds and turkey inside his country. how did i says roy rose suddenly in 2014 out of nowhere after all nothing . in iraq and syria at the same time with american armament. the be physically the russians are saying that the us is stealing $30000000.00 of oil a month from northern syria is this a trump budgeting chip in the geneva talks why would net oil export or like the usa be interested in $30000000.00 of oil a month no things i says the started spiking syrian oil and oil in 2014 they had to partner with her. and his coterie and the america

where the cia or others the american always try to loot other countries in in different ways in different ways regarding peer not only always or money or financial resources they do their rights. their rights political rights every every other right historical role at least after world war 2 and as for girlish forces are they just tired after serving the years i mean your understanding is they took money from. the united states the cia i know you're welcoming them back you're worth 1st of all there is the if is not only could it's mix of kurds and of and others 2nd when we talk about that is the of because in the of beer to prevent . the measured it was because they had good relation of the government and the measured it all because support that support the government but this which is called the pew id is the one who's been supported by the americans publicly they

are men their money they smuggled oil together. they are american. agents to be with most of them i would do. all of them i don't know. all of them but they are part of the policy during the last few years is to invite the american trustee to be angry when the american wants to leave. and to say we don't want to join the syrian army simply had you saying exactly what mr herder one would think of the s.g. of all them actually they are going to have his own agenda which is to part his own agenda as muslim brotherhood and the american agenda as a puppet so it's to pot but they work in tandem to usher in death. but at the same time though those group of people. give him the

excuse and the reason to invite syria that doesn't mean invasion is legal is the illegal in every things all the world but to give him the prettiest cause he's been announcing for year that he wanted to invade the northern part of syria and he wanted to clean that area from the terrorists and he mean the people of it because it gave him the. excuse but what happened that's why they were to blame but erdogan has invaded. and you can watch the full interview next hour right here on r.t. international or any time as you please by going to our website dot com. the co-founder of the controversial white helmets rescue group in syria has been found dead near his apartment in istanbul the media was quick to point the finger of blame at russia but reports. this might have been

a news story about alleged suicide a former british army officer who helped start the white house has been found dead near his home in istanbul according to old news sources he fowl off the balcony of his home office and that would have been the end of it if not for one detail according to the british media russia pushed him well not literally of course but if the u.k. tabloids are to be believed it happened right after the russian foreign ministry tweeted that he was an am i 6. the white house is co-founder james the mystery is a former agent of britain's am i 6 who has been spotted all over the world including the balkans and the middle east his connections to terrorist groups were reported back during his mission in kosovo the russian foreign ministry has commented on these allegations and the british press. investigation into the death of joseph lammers year hasn't started yet but the british media radio acting in

their band all manner they blame those russians for everything another highly likely media scandal has been launched but the white house says are quite controversial haleb rescue workers by the western media the white house have been accused of associating with al qaida and other terrorist groups inside syria photographs and videos show members of this civil defense organization posing with jihad is they have also been accused of staging chemical attacks used as justification by western nations to carry out strikes against the syrian military and its allies.

white helmet 60 was how many criticized by russia and now this tweet and his staff all come in handy for any other wave of news about the hand of the kremlin. but turns course united states being celebrated today on the annual veterans day holiday but it seems not everyone is feeling festive with it so when you survey a majority of military veterans believe america's most recent wars were worth fighting almost 2 thirds of veterans polled so the iraq war hadn't been worth the effort more than half expressed similar feelings about afghanistan the figures for the general public are around the nevertheless after almost 20 years in afghanistan the joint chiefs of staff chairman confirmed at the weekend it's not over yet. that

efforts ongoing has been ongoing for 18 consecutive years and i suspect it'll be ongoing. into the future for several more years that mission is not yet complete a former u.s. army colonel on the right believes that dissent in the military isn't warning was. not surprising at all u.s. military veterans from all wars are very very concerned about the propensity of the united states to continue to use warmongering as a instrument of foreign policy and i myself was in afghanistan in december of 2001 as a diplomat's while. people are in the military all of us and it starts dawning on them like oh this wasn't all it was cracked up to be it's up to us civilians to say to our government stop these wars of choice stop killing people around the world you know military officials of the higher end rank are always trying to put the best gloss on everything so that there won't be revolts among the troops as there were

definitely and in vietnam we have more military contractors that are getting paid double and triple what our military are they're making lots of money off these wars . we don't have nearly as much dissent within the military as we did during the vietnam war when it was all volunteers. i'll be back at the top of the alice either . joining me everything on the alex simon sure and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports this list i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. you know world of big porter's. lodge and conspiracy it's time to wait

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