the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov field questions of an international peace forum working about geo political fingerpointing. the west is pretty much. everything. no go look for just. mexico grant asylum to bolivia former president evo morales who resigned from his position and fled his country following weeks of turmoil meanwhile people across latin america only for. israel killed a top commander of islamic jihad in an airstrike in gaza prompted the palestinian

militant group to return fire with rockets. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our church here in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. russia's foreign minister is in the french capital this tuesday attending the paris peace form that's an event aimed at promoting better global governance sergey lavrov was drawn on the subject of global responsibilities the west is pretty much playing to be blamed for everything. no no. just mistakes well very strong speech by the russian foreign minister outlining his a vision of what's happening in the at the moment and talking about some of the issues of what he sees as the way that the west is viewed itself in the past and how 'd we views itself in the presence in terms of its global domination he said

that the west needs to take responsibility for its actions it needs to understand that it's domination of world affairs has been melting away it's said that it needs to accept that the world of the fee change is a centric world in fact he even went as far as accusing the west of preventing this from taking place of course on france. because for more than $500.00. more than 5 centuries they don't mean that the political economic and cultural civilizational life on this planet. as this objective. breaks well he also was talking about some of the recent events over the last few weeks he talked about catalonia he talked about things that were happening in behavior of course the resignation of now the former president evo morales and he talked about the fact that the intervention there wasn't the pointed

finger being pointed at russia russia hasn't been accused of meddling in any of these countries but he suggested that essentially somebody else was somehow we have not been accused of the coup in bolivia and this is strange so something has happened in the minds of those who normally a great job political agenda i believe that it is very unfortunate what we see in the uk it is very unfortunate. stage. you know distress but don't forget that in the rock the people steal. the american american invasion we also saw a little bit of humor from the russian foreign minister he was asked during the questioning session how is russia preparing for the 2020 us election he talked

a lot about the u.s. today so i wondered the presidential elections are coming up in 2020 so russia getting ready for that. we resolve the problem don't tour. but the main thoughts over. at the paris peace conference was the fact that just to respond to the global demands to global conflicts that countries need to work together and that means that the way forward is upon the centric way forward and not the dominance of the west. they also bolivian president evo morales is on his way to mexico after he was granted political asylum there he resigned on monday apparently under pressure from the military and what he describes as a coup sisters and brothers i'm leaving for mexico grateful for the openness of these brothers who offered asylum to protect our life it hurts to leave the country for political reasons but i will stay in touch i will soon return with more

strength and energy. mass protests and bolivia 1st began over the recent presidential election and made claims of vote rigging but since process resignation at the weekend bolivia has been rocked by more unrest there are scenes of looting in the capital and locals have been forced to build up barricades and stand guard over their homes and someone to be here just as we are watching our homes because there is a lot of vandalism that is happening in our area since last night he began to loot the story to surround us to criminals $32.00 surrounding area we had to come out to defend it. since yesterday the looting has begun in the streets police and fire stations were torched along with shops cars buses everything was burned in my district looters began to intimidate us meanwhile supporters of morals have turned out in large numbers both in bolivia and across latin america that some are hailing his ousting as a victory for democracy despite the power vacuum it's left behind a bolivian armed forces said they will take joint action with police to control the

protests we're now seeing your style of house more. you may have heard that bolivia has lately been celebrating a triumph of democracy the resignation yesterday of believe in president ever morales is a significant moment for democracy in the western hemisphere these events send a strong signal to the illegitimate regimes in venezuela nicaragua that democracy and the will of the people will always prevail i don't know if it was a breeze in south america or if it was oblivion hurricane of democracy be here today i feel a little breeze in venezuela of freedom and justice well here's 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. we suggest to the president of the state to resign his presidential mandate 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 at the scene. because if they did.

in fact. that was the key reason for morale us to throw in the towel he wanted the violence to cease. and why am i deciding to resign so the opposition does not keep pursuing my brothers and the unions we are resigning i am resigning precisely so that my brothers and sisters leaders and authorities of the socialist movement 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 morale us and while critics of the ballot as screaming bloody murder this is specter the election fraud is within a 3 percent margin evil moralities a die hard leftist has been leading 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 really for a daily sort of a moment the opposition is now enjoying its fleeting triumph i hope that this will not lead to even more violent because even more or less has huge support among the population when everything calms down most bolivians and i believe they're good people will realize that they have been manipulated they have something to compare to 1314 years bolivia has experienced the highest level of prosperity in its history there has been stability economic growth the elimination of illiteracy the reduction of extreme poverty to almost

a 3rd the question of who won the election isn't worth it everyone knows that even moral as well the only question is the. by which she won and the writer calling for violence in the most insulin way there are considerable resources and weapons behind them so if there are clashes in the streets when there are no law enforcement agencies when the police state part in riot is when the military says it will not go against the people we're not god the embassies the palace of government what is left evo morales to do to avoid bloodshed to avoid more violence furthermore the army commander asked him to resign what could he do to avoid more bloodshed and violence just leave but this is what we call a coup the organization of american states not only allowed this but is also part of this coup the organization of american states has always been a tool in the hands of the us it is time for us latin americans to create something of our own we cannot continue to resolve disputes in washington or even worse in the organization of american states olivia's political turmoil has given rise to

questions regarding the future of the country's resources some are predicting his departure could now open opportunities for multinational mining companies. bolivia is estimated to have a 1000000 tonnes of lithium reserves the 2nd largest in the world and that's just one salt lake if other sites are added the country may contain up to half the world's lithium that's significant as experts predict global demand for the chemical element will triple by 2027 now that increase is of course being driven by the rapid expansion of certain markets that use lithium today it is used in electric cars batteries for various portable electronic devices and military hardware talk often from the alliance for global justice things bolivia has been hit by the resource curse. there's no question the washington is behind. the. regime change efforts and. every

country. particularly that has resources in june of this year. was going to. industrialize their their lithium so now it's just export of raw materials but his plan was for bolivia to begin producing batteries refining the lithium ion producing batteries themselves which cuts. transnational corporations for a profit stream. israel has killed a leading commander of the palestinian militant group islamic jihad and a series of air raids on the gaza strip such targeted assassinations have been really conducted by tel of even recent years.

shortly after the israeli assaults the palestinian militant group responded launching a salvo or rockets across the border hitting tel aviv and surrounding cities our middle east correspondent paula flair has more. this way the army has confirmed that its most wanted man in gaza and in fact the 3rd most wanted man internationally was assassinated just over midnight in the gaza strip now he is the leader of the islamic jihad militant group. and the strike occurred in the early hours of this morning we understand that an additional person was killed initial reports suggest that it was his wife and that 2 other people have been injured after the strike on a house in the east of gaza now dozens of rockets have been fired into israel primarily southern and central israel in response the israeli army saying that by 9 o'clock this morning some 50 rockets had been fired at the country with its iron

dome intercepting some 20 the 1st rockets were fired to tell of around 8 o'clock this morning i was out on the streets and this is rush hour all the traffic came to a quick standstill the buses moved over to the side of the highways and people quickly disembarked and lay on the floor so that they would have a protection between the buses and the steel bars of the highway on the other side so the situation here in israel is extremely tense the reserve units have been called up people have been told to open their bomb shelters and people living in the south and say into the country have been told to stay home and not go to work and unless they have essential jobs now the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said that this leader was a commander who was poised to launch imminent attacks against israel take a listen in the past year this terrorist was the main generates of terrorism from the strip in issue. had planned and carried out many attacks he fired hundreds of rockets at communities in the gaza periphery suffering we haven't ignored he was in

the midst of plotting additional attacks these very days he was taking i want to clarify israel is not interested in an escalation but we will do everything necessary to defend ourselves and i'm not saying it in advance could take time it takes calm cool headed ness we must allow the army to do its work now the islamic jihad has evolved to take advantage on his desk they've issued a statement with us and this is despite israel's warning from us not to get involved a situation there is extremely tense now all of this comes as a separate attack on the damascus home of a nother islamic jihad political leader took place also in the early hours of the small and according to islamic jihad the son of the commander was killed in a blaming the israeli army as of yet there's been no comment no response from the israeli defense forces syrian media is reporting the attack they say that 2 people

were killed and 6 people were wounded but at this stage they are not saying who was killed and who is responsible for this assassination so it indicates a resumption in the israeli policy of targeted assassinations still to come with election fever slowly taking hold in the u.k. the leader of the opposition has been branded a stalinist by rival party but more surprisingly by a charity organization that story and more after the break. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics or business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then.

welcome back a teenager who was injured in january by a rubber bullet fired by french riot police has suffered

a setback in his quest for justice a quick warning you may find the following images of citing the incident occurred during a yellow best administration the teenager's jaw was broken he claims he was just passing by the rally without intending to join it. however a strong support prosecutor has now dropped the case and the probe could not identify the shooter that had been brought by the mother of the teenager we spoke to her about what happened she claims officials have ignored his plight as she was in one to the machine which i was told your son is badly injured the operation lasted 6 hours after that he had to stay at home for 3 months with his jaw wired can you imagine how hard it is for a teenager not to go out anywhere for 3 months nobody helped us i dealt with everything on my own i went this is called me and offered their support but not the government i'm disappointed because of this it's terrible i'm not a part of the universe movement i don't condemn them though they have the right to

demand the things they demand but i'm definitely against the violence i was told there was several policeman who was shooting at the same time that's why they can't identify the one who shot my son but i keep telling myself that all the guns are registered and what about c.c.t.v. they are just shutting down our eyes to what happened to my son as if it's not important as if it's just a scratch but it isn't my son could have been killed you know of us demonstrators have been venting their anger against a manual micron's policies for almost a year now the movement began against rising fuel prices but then broaden making a number of socio economic and political demands the protests are the most violent in recent french history where some of those involved having sustained severe injuries. this is the crux of the record look at. this issue.

and will you believe that it's up. to school to see is police violence violation of the professional code of conduct hole when order is meant to be maintained some a policeman used illegal methods they pooled women's hands and tear gassed people with disabilities but the cases didn't progress further i don't want to accuse all the policeman but some of the may get orders from above and that should also be investigated gave the orders it is. with a u.k. general election just around the corner of the leader of the opposition jeremy corbin has been branded a stalinist the attack comes though not from a rival party but from an interfaith charity one that's receiving funds from the home office to combat extremism in sally has more. the u.k. government is generous in granting money to various charities and organizations and

that's undoubtedly good when those organizations again says i'm a phobia and i see semitism building a more friendly society take for example faith matters a charity organization norge to help faith communities working on integration dealing with hate crime and countering extremism they've also been recipients of u.k. government funding through the home offices county extremism program but with elections looming and campaigns kicking off faith matters it seems also has another agenda as they've been accused of launching a major attack on the country's main opposition labor party and its leader jeremy corbett describing the party as being a stalinist cult of korban this country needs an effective opposition for a healthy democracy labor is now regressing into a stalinist cult of cold. as a left wing muslim i cannot vote for carbons labor the truth of course is that he has backed armed conflict dozens of times he just hasn't backed by u.k.

forces faith matters has been accused of tweeting about labor and mr corbin more than 200 times since it was listed by the home office as a recipient of it support that's 5 times more than about the conservatives boris johnson or to reason may it's hard not to notice the organization is targeting corbin not only for alleged anti semitism but also a ray of issues including sympathy to the syrian president bashar al assad for example faith matters denies the allegations of focusing their attacks on the labor party saying they also criticized the ruling conservatives who have been plagued by repeated accusations of racism and islamophobia faith matters has been and will continue to be critical of the poor way in which anti-semitism has been tackled within the labor party correspondingly we have consistently been critical of the conservative party and their lack of transparency in action around stamping out

anti muslim bigotry within parts of their membership base now it's not the 1st time organizations financed by the u.k. government have been court funding corben campaigns the integrity initiative a subsidiary of the institute for statecraft which has received more than 2000000 pounds of foreign office money spread defamatory content about jeremy corbyn on their twitter account later the integrity initiative was forced to apologize that was a mistake and we wrote letters of apology to jeremy corbyn where as apple a tickle as we could be and the foreign office ordered an investigation into the matter if there is any kind of organization for which we are paying which is involved in domestic politics in that way i would totally condemn it. but it seems the questions will continue to rise as to the extent of the u.k. government's funding for groups in gauging and such political attacks especially just before an election that could decide the u.k.'s future for many decades to

come there's a body of people particularly who take an interest in his national security policies or who are overwhelmingly critical and skeptical of the scorpions policies and his past involvements and whereas it seems to be far enough or somebody to criticize those with oat hiding behind us who are charity lobel just saying this is my view any organization that's funded by the taxpayer and says it's a charity should take a party political partisan view point and i think that's a great mistake and just actually wrong in law. california has decided to spend billions of taxpayer dollars on a new high speed rail link the trains will run at an almost 300 kilometers an hour but critics have pointed out some major flaws.

if you're driving from los angeles to fit to bill by the time you get there you're pretty much half way to vegas so why would you stop and leave your car somewhere and take a train and then have to walk to where your destination is when you can just drive your car and. it's an ambiguous money waster at a time when we have many demands on public resources.

california has been forced to cancel the massive bullet train project after having spent and wasted many billions of dollars they owe the federal government 3 and a half $1000000000.00 we want that money back now whole project is a green disaster and. abandoning high speed rail entirely means we will have wasted billions of dollars with nothing but broken promises and with all due respect i have no interest in sending $3500000000.00 in federal funding there was allocated to this project back to present on the drum. that's our goal then is update for this hour but don't forget you can always head to our web site. the details on all those stories and many more.

without the ever present and constant correct. of the free money. we would have a day of reckoning and prices would revert back to reflect supply and demand. and there would be a catastrophic trap door opening underneath the u.s. economy because the u.s. won't do it for itself china will do it for the in the form of announcing as a surprise $20000.00 tons of gold and the introduction of a gold backed crypto currency this will kill the u.s. dollar better than a doornail. of the tense situation in

venezuela is still all over the news the problem in venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented but that socialism has been faithfully implement from the inside venezuela things look different we're going to announce sanctions against the truest of venezuela associates. in the school of a son of the moment to. get out of some sort of battle to stay on the moon the people of the moment hope the whose story is a new nixon hold in henry kissinger to tell him that it would not be tolerated that in latin america. terms of economic and social system could take hold and therefore the policy would be to make the chilean economy scream so wants to make to economy of venezuela screed.

this is broadcasting around the world and covering all aspects of our global economy in the 21st century. and i'm christiane washington here's a look at what's on deck today. following a surge and stocks on trade optimism last week stocks have pulled causing concern to tear the market leadership of the euro pacific trading is standing by to break down stock traders and what this role plays in the back of the metal sector. as technology continues to speed forward should society tap the brakes just long enough to sort out the developments today we talk with you on all stern lessons from copenhagen denmark about the growth of microchip being human and what the role controversial practice is could play in the national society so much on our plate

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