donald trump welcomes the resignation of the bolivian president who quit apparently under pressure from the military following weeks of street violence at the same time several countries denounce events in the latin american country as a new. disturbing images from hong kong where protesters set a man on fire apparently for being part chinese. and syrian president bashar al assad shares his thoughts in an exclusive interview with r.t. it's the 1st time spoken to an international channel in more than a year. always try to do other countries in different ways in different ways regarding their not only oil or money or time in the sources they do

their rights. their rights political rights. to those you're watching the international i'm wears on a lot could welcome to the program. now a significant moment for democracy that's how donald trump has welcomed the resignation of bolivian president evo morales raul is announced he would 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 illegitimate regimes in venezuela nicaragua the democracy and the will of the people will always prevail well since morale has announced his departure have bought it incidents have been reported in and around bolivia's capital.

thank you. these pictures purportedly showing rouses house which was vandalized from reports say the vice president's house was also ransacked as were the residences of several cabinet ministers and several countries have spoken out against the resignation of brothers denouncing the event as a coup meanwhile the bolivian opposition claims the police are currently seeking to detain him but the chief of police denies there is a warrant out for morale his arrest russia has also condemned the situation in bolivia saying it looks like a directed coup ego standoff takes us through the latest events 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 great talking to god that this dictatorship is over that this tyranny is over that's what i meant that it's totally glorious for us so we're very happy i did long lead good luck 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

hayes we suggested to the president the state to resign his presidential mounding to allow for peace and stability for the good of our believe yet. 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 thirty's of the socialist movements don't continue to be held hostage chased 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 morale is 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 about to give up or voluntarily. they know that the alternative was wrong her horses sister's house was burning. members of the fur to have them around so we saw the tactics used to make.

28 chain so oh this all of this things that are happening on both of you are familiar to most of them can be described as stomach credit. well the situation with bolivia came to a head when the organization of american states called for the country's recent election to be an old due to irregularities the organization is made up of states from across the americas and aims to promote peace among those countries its headquarters is based in washington and it receives 60 percent of its funding from the u.s. but has not been short of controversy in the past particularly the haiti elections back in 2011 back then the oas was accused of pressuring the local election authorities to overturn the 1st round of the vote without a recount the group's actions in haiti drew wind spread condemnation meanwhile in its latest statement on bolivia the oas said it is against any unconstitutional

means of ending the crisis and a call for peace and the rule of law to be restored antiwar activists gloria riva believes the oas is merely a tool of u.s. influence. organization american states includes or included all the states and the western hemisphere the americas the caribbean latin america including the u.s. and canada it is an instrument of the united states to meet his domination political economic military in the americans we have seen the away as general secretary lose our mother who is a complete puppet of the united states. pressure menace well over and over he has tried to rally the member states in the early years to vote to censure and expel them as well in the future but he has not shied away from now attacking believe you

are claiming electoral fraud. but actually manipulated things immediately at the end of the pronouncement that while ours a winner and would not require a 2nd run of the oas and our mother immediately said that there was fraud and there without any kind of argentina or any kind of the real recounting of the ballots so it is really a political instrument the countries that try to break away from us in words and domination. and other news this hour shocking footage has emerged of a man being set on fire in hong kong after getting into an argument with protestors and a warning that there are some images ahead that you might find disturbing. well it was one of. the scenes that you'd see in a war or 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 a riot is the 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 for them and. every inch of the way the u.k. signed an internationally binding legal agreement in 1904 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 of swarming attack by demonstrators global times journalist food go out bound and beaten in hong kong airport for his support of author. jr's home a probe aging lawmaker forming victims of 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 is another protester 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 of voidable the protesters 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. well hong kong has been gripped by unrest since june and it was initially triggered by a bill allowing extradition to mainland china then in september hong kong's lead to carry lamb announced the bill would be suspended but that didn't stop the demonstrations which have since become increasingly violent we heard from pak unknown wong his senior lecturer in politics in the university of bath and he told us the intense violence is undermining the message of the hong kong protesters i have seen a lot of media coverage you don't call on. they have been biased and

they have been also all ones either be sympathetic with the protesters their term ross or some morsy focusing on how the police handled at the corner store instead of all those kind of fall in certain misbehavior can complete the by the protesters because the violence has already domi the legitimacy and the popularity of the movement. the majority of the people who support from the scene and what we are only seeing in the television and the deal now these are the violent protesters. running around in a kind of. style and it's very difficult for the police to persecute them. a new poll has found that most u.s. army veterans believe the country's was a not worth fighting will have that story i'm all after this short break.

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welcome back syrian president bashar al assad has denied accusations the government forces have been targeting civilians and an exclusive into the he's going underground present afshin rattansi he touched on the us looting of his country's oil and he also shared his views on the actions of the kurds and turkey in his country. how did i says roy roth suddenly in 2014 out of nowhere after nothing. in iraq and syria at the same time with american armament. the be theoretically 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 sparkling syrian oil and oil in 2014 they had to partner with her. and his coterie and the american with the cia or others the american or with try to loot other countries in in different ways in different ways regarding peer not only oil or money or financial resources they do their rights their rights political rights every every other right the historical role at least after world war 2 and as with 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 this is not only kurds it's mix of kurds and of and others 2nd when we talk about that is the of because in there 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 people id is the one who's been supported by the americans publicly they armament their money they smuggled oil together. they are american. agents to be with most of them i wouldn't i wouldn't 30 all of them i don't know all of them but they're probably policy doing the last few years is to invite the american interest 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 do one would of

d.s.d. of all of them actually they are going has 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 with 2 agenda. but at the same time though those group. of people why did i give him the excuse and the reason to invite syria that doesn't mean invasion is legal is illegal in every things all the world but they gave him the pretext because he's been announcing for years 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 a big caped. gave him the. excuse but what happened that's why they were to blame but i do the news in theater.

where you can watch that full interview with bashar al assad next hour here on r.t. international. veterans across the u.s. being celebrated today on the annual veteran's day holiday but it seems not everyone is feeling festive according to a new survey a majority of military veterans believe america's most recent wars were not worth fighting almost 2 thirds of veterans polled said the iraq war had not been worth the effort and more than half expressive if similar feelings over afghanistan the figures for the general public are around the same never the less often almost 20 years in afghanistan the joint chiefs of staff chairman confirmed over the weekend that it's not over yet that efforts ongoing has been ongoing for 18 consecutive years i suspect it'll be ongoing into the future for for several more years that mission is not yet complete well the u.s. army veteran told us that soldiers are sent to find in foreign wars that only benefit military contractors are served in iraq if you go out for 2005 years.

you know my. my opinions about the mission in iraq changed while i was there we were told that it was weapons of mass destruction that there were ties to 911 that we were bringing democracy to the people and i felt like we were doing any of those things you're serving and in a large large extended urban area it's an occupation and you're serving under really areas of the battlefield that i fought on were you know people's houses their people back yards you know they were their children you know hours after we were done having a fire by even area there were kids out playing soccer where we were having a fire fight i think our military industrial complex profiting from war and i think we actually made our nation less secure and we didn't and are now security we've created a lot of enemies internationally where we could have been as deep of enemies and

it's going to create a lot of conflict and strike for the american people and our communities future. a co-founder of the controversial white helmets rescue group in syria has been found dead in his apartment in istanbul and the u.k. media has been quick to point the finger at russia medina kitchen of a has. this might have been the 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 sal 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 by. 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 a 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 battle manner they blame those russians for everything another highly likely media scandal has been launched but the white house says are quite controversial haleigh disappeared less 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 jihadists 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 70 was how many criticized by russia and now this tweet and his staff all come in handy for and no other wave of news about the hand of the kremlin. let's now take a look at some of the other top stories from around the world starting with chile the country has entered a 5th week on rest with demonstrators rejecting a government plan to rewrite the constitution the pinochet era legal system is why

do you blame for the high level of inequality in chile the interior minister offered to redraw and hold a referendum but critics say the proposed changes do not go far enough and will only help the root. class. meanwhile in poland people across the country have been celebrating independence day around 50000 people joined amount to more all sorts of people held up christian crosses red flags and national flags and many also wore historical all me uniforms independence day commemorates the restoration of the polish state in 1918. and in france alone year activists have blocked a motorway linking spain and france the protest organized by the democratic tsunami campaign group came a day after the spanish general election catalonia has been gripped by underestimates mid october after a court sentenced several independent leaders to lengthy prison terms. well that is your news updates and in 30 minutes time we will be airing in full that exclusive

interview with syrian president bashar al assad here on altie international stay with us. back kaiser one more of my guide to financial survival this is. a device used by professional value x. to earn money. that's right these as far as are simply not accountable and we're just adding more and more to the. stabilize the global economy you need to protect yourself and get in for.

hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle big tech in the political left tonight the age of the gag order is underway and is boris johnson set to win and win big in the general election brags that it would seem has changed everything. across talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow dmitri bob which is a political analyst and editor at me internet media project and in athens we're joined by alex which of or oh he's the editor and writer for the duran dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rose in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to. first i'm titling this program

a gag order and i know you know what i'm talking about 1st let's we have this whistleblower which anyone that has any interest in this ridiculous. dismal story knows who we're talking about ok this minute the media outlets for quite a few quite a few days at least 10 maybe. 2 weeks now and now facebook and and google and you tube they're scrubbing everything that's number one number 2 the abstains story is back in the news young producer being on the left a.b.c. news and then went to c.b.s. and they claim she leaked the this interview or interview with an a.b.c. presenter and she said she didn't do it but she's fired anyway and they don't want to follow up on it this is the age of the gag order go ahead in athens. you know peter i mean what you're seeing here is the mainstream media in collusion with

social media in collusion with the intelligence agencies the deep state who are also working with the democrats in this impeachment inquiry hoax which is a whole another ridiculous matter it up itself but what you have right now peter i mean we when you look at these 2 stories which both broke around the same time on the one hand you have this person who has what i would describe as a malicious cia gossip blower there's no way he's a whistleblower that's that's without a doubt there is a water cooler food exactly exactly what you have here but you're not allowed to say this person's name even though his name was mentioned i believe it was april 25th peter by dad by gino that was the 1st person actually mentioned this guy's name it's i love that they say it is name is in the report yeah there you go but you're not allowed to say his name no media channels allowed to say his name no one on social media is allowed ses name if you say his name peter obvious social media

post on facebook or on you tube as we have our chat no then your video gets taken down you get warrants for youtube your posts on facebook facebook gets screwed out you can't even place his name in common i like alex when you put in comments but even under the whistleblower law as it stands now and it's not part of the statute that he would manes anonymous that's not part of the statute whatsoever ok it's the inspector general that can make that determination so we have here let me turn the demon right now we have these social media companies now determining what freedom of speech is they're determining at least in an american sense what the 1st amendment allows and doesn't allow that's not their place to do that but they're unilaterally doing it and they're punishing people they define their word. there are community values here it seems to me this is a power grab and. a sign of what is to come because it's our we're in the

in the very 1st stages of this of this shadow banning this censorship and they're getting people used to it because they make the rules now well i think basically we know where it comes from way it's not just the social media giants we see how they're being pressured you know we see how as i could bring to the congress how he's been pressured he's been pressured also in the european union the you know the basically. threatened him you know saying that unless you abide by all rules or whatever they are you'll be ok whatever they are because they don't tell you what they are and that's true. in there and we see how it works the mainstream media precious the congress is precious but if you should say in general .