it. was. our supporters of the ousted bolivian president clashed with police for a 2nd week against his resignation the senate approves the new election birthday excludes even morocco's from stunned. swedish prosecutors dropped their almost decade long rape investigation against julian assange citing insufficient evidence it's believed the decision clears the way to speed up the with the wiki leaks founder his extradition to the u.s. from the u.k. where he's currently in prison. and to the stories that shape the week washington pulls the plug on a key element of the iran nuclear deal by halting the sanctions waiver on an atomic

facility as the secretary of state rams home his support for ongoing mass protests . a warm welcome you watching the weekly here on r.t. international bringing you all the latest world news and a roundup of the stories that shape the week but 1st amid weeks of deadly violence in bolivia lawmakers have moved to hold a fresh presidential election but have barred ousted even the rawest from standing his supporters have caused widespread disruption with protests in the capital and other major cities and recently took 8 soldiers hostage to. the authorities later said the 7 of the men were released but there's still no further information on the remaining officer even murali is was forced to resign

after a wave of protests following october's election amid allegations of fraud but it's here's a loyalist supporters largely among indigenous groups who are behind the current unrest during which more than 30 people have died and self-proclaimed interim president jeanine and there is has herself spock's control busy by giving these dealing with protesters immunity from prosecution even morocco's who's currently in mexico after being granted asylum we spoke exclusively to our t. about what's happening in the country. i learned in my life that you never choose a position it finds you this applies from the position of trade union had right up to the post of presidency in the there is an official report confirming i won the 1st round this is a very extensive report you can check it and any time you can see the election results but there is an important point to be made there was an agreement that the organization of american states was supposed to publish the official report last wednesday around 2 pm that was the arrangement but unexpectedly on sunday morning

they called us and informed us that the preliminary report was ready we requested this report and there was complete confusion one part of it said that i won and that carlos massa came 2nd but this did not prove that i won the election in the 1st round i ordered that i be put in touch with louis but i was not going to act the report was published on sunday morning i spoke with a representative of the organization of american states and told him. if you do not double check your report it will cause unrest and believe me and there will be victims by publishing its report their organization of american states actually supported the kook who is in charge of everything now people from the us and whore here to talk with all got a follower of who for 7 years will believe me as a dictator i was called and tory tarion ruler a dictator but this is not so these are real dictators on the other hand new generations will now understand what a real dictatorship is. i would say that some of the groups in

whose hands are going to make power is concentrated in not forgive us for creating social movements especially if the indigenous populations movement which has changed the image of our beautiful country they also cannot forgive us for nationalizing our natural resources and strategic companies which has improved believe his economic system upon the successful creation of a developed lithium industry mr alberto and i plan to set lithium prices on the world market i realized that some industrialized countries are afraid to compete 1st in the field of technological development and 2nd they do not want other countries to follow the example of our economic model which is based on socialism. this is a colossal struggle i'm convinced of it i had faith in the armed forces because i thought that in the military there are patriots and the imperialists however certain generals on the serve the highest gear they surprised me i could not believe it and i had a wonderful relationship with all the military leaders of course they were good

soldiers and military leaders but when it comes to the class struggles with some forget about their ideological stance and their patriotism consequently their interests are affected they lost part of their power and cannot forgive us for this has nothing to do with being indigenous or not. the american news anchor rick sanchez discussed the situation in bolivia with pulitzer prize winning journalist chris hedges who says the u.s. has a hand in the crisis. this is the revolving door story of latin america that as soon as a populist figure like evo morales appears the knives come out on the part of the empire and on the part of those corporations that hold especially the natural resources in a place like bolivia hostage there's been a constant conflict between. these corporations and evo morales so let me stop you there because you just said something that's very interesting there may be a reason for the united states government the government of chris hedges and rick

sanchez for the country where we live to do things from time to time in other places right but it seems like what you just described is something where no one asked chris no one asked rick no one talked to our media no one talked to our congress it just happens out of thin air we go and destabilize a government this isn't that seems crazy yeah but that's you know decades of practice of the you know the so-called invisible state was the but it's how the cia operates they operate you know completely in the shadows and they operate on the be hast of the business interests i mean united fruit didn't want arbenz around before they got rid of them so on and on and on this goes back decades and decades and decades it of it's about the maintenance of empire and that's what we're seeing in bolivia where i lived in bolivia the spanish in bolivia this is the powder and

now they found lithium it believed well they had apparently and that is a huge it is the oil of the future and guess who wanted to control it and guess who they didn't want to control it even more out exactly evo morales said even though he brought poverty down in a country where no one else that i do this in was we want to control the lithium and the multinational corporations they they set the machine in motion. on tuesday swedish prosecutors dropped the 2010 rape investigation against wiki leaks founder julian assange citing a lack of evidence the case was shelved 2 years ago but was reopened after songe was forcibly dragged out of the ecuadorian embassy in london in april that came about after the country terminated his 7 year as siloam there a son just currently being held in belmarsh prison in the british capital where he's serving a 15 week sentence for breaching his bell conditions and 2012 separately the

australian is fighting a u.s. extradition request over wiki leaks is publishing of classified information on american political and military dealings reporting next. for 9 years due to the authorities free for the uncertain future in the u.k. it all started with sex crime charges in sweden could have seen the wiki leaks co-founder being extradited back to the scandinavian countries he himself said he would then be handed over to the u.s. for releasing classified information but sweden has now dropped the rape case against the silent after dinner issue investigation and investigative steps taken over the summer in the autumn is now clear that the oral statement testimony and support given by the injured party has weakened therefore i have come to the conclusion that additional interviews with julian assange would not argue or d. avid in cherry beastliest. manner as such i have decided not to hold an interview

with him up until now sweden could have still off of the extradition now that vote's no longer a threat that ironically means other than the impending hearing there's nothing standing in the way of mr thorold's extradition to the us. that is now focused on the threat mr science has been warning about for years the belligerent prosecution of the united states and the threat it poses to the 1st amendment the swedish sex crime allegations led to the ecuadorian embassy in august plenty of. space to be dragged out of april this year and he's currently in prison now swedish charges have been dropped all attention time says extradition trial scheduled for february next year but some are concerned about whether he'll get a fair hearing i think it's absolutely fair to say that politics does come into play. in extradition proceeding it was not designed to be a political or say that politics absolutely positively should not come into play

but should be treated as any other. perceiving where the u.s. just taking back someone extradited from u.k. to us or u.k. is shaking down of one extradited from the u.s. back to you. but i think it's cruel ish for one to assume that politics will not come into play in this particular matter and if he is eventually sent to the u.s. he may not ever that leave with a potential of 175 year sentence if he's found guilty of the 18 counts the u.s. has charged him with.

i'm. but i think. the pursuit of duty in the science is that the fear is about how whistleblowers are treated by washington although not every whistleblower is treated the same not if

they're protected by the cia whistleblowers should be protected protecting whistleblowers who see wrongdoing of any kind and that government is essential is basically on the verge of not only revealing the identity or getting somebody else to reveal the identity of the whistleblower but also bringing harm to that person everything's politically motivated that of the trumpet ministration as absolutely no credibility and no principles whatsoever when it comes to these things. whistleblowers should be protected whistleblowers should be lauded their heroes whistleblowers do the sort of thing now for personal gain not for their ego they do it for the public good and it's proof to me that donald trump doesn't care about the public good he cares about self and no without we can make support sound but his rock musician logic vault is told on the whole extradition case has nothing to

do with legal process. somebody bangup in belmarsh for 23 ounce out of every 24 being slowly mugged by the state. he told uncomfortable truths about war crimes committed by say so america. it surely purely political this is a political prisoner he's being hung out to dry as a warning to others others who might decide that they might be journalists that they might fulfill that function is gen this boy informing the public and the electorate of what goes on so quickly in their name so this business to be extradition has nothing to do with the legal process. for the week's big stories ahead including the u.s. canceling a key element of the dwindling iran nuclear deal as the country westfield's with fuel price protests spud's by old lady punishing sanctions live from moscow deal

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no dares thinks. we dare to ask. welcome back to hong kong's pro-democracy candidates are on course for a momentous victory in the chinese territories district council elections as last of record number of voters flocks to the polls on sunday according to local media the opposition tampa's take an opiate 40 of the $241.00 seats so far declared the vote which comes after 5 months of violent upheaval is being viewed as

a big promise a public opinion and a test of support for the anti beijing protests campaign full results are expected later on monday we asked economist benjamin shower what a victory for hong kong's pro-democracy candidates would mean for the territory and the continuing demonstrations. that they used and most. ask why people on one hand deliver security measures or police to you with coat pockets last week words on the other hand both sides will actually call for a ceasefire today he's encouraging that law and order is back to the city at least for what today people have become could be lost in my. actions and the actions of the rioters because we need to treat to the grave all having no loss to my part even with people breaching lost most of the seats of these elections is just not directly impact much the majority of the legislative counsel for law.

norbert you actually for the next few weeks or so i expect. could do you respect you actually results it's a question of ultimately. it's not just about the well but wanted to get global competition between. the u.s. secretary of state pompei o announced on monday that washington will end sanctions waivers on iran's nuclear facility key components of the landmark atomic deal it comes after 2 rounds said it had resumed the process of uranium enrichment at the plant or pump a also reiterated his support for the ongoing protests in iran which the country has slammed as hypocritical. people enjoy a better future when their government begins to respect basic human rights abandon its revolutionary. posture and its destabilizing foreign policy in the region and

behave simply like a normal nation but. it is strange the united states and its officials who have committed the greatest of crimes by imposing much pressure on the tougher sanctions on iran are communicating to the iranian people that they support these protests we don't expect anything else from mr discretely defends the much more pressure regime and position of sanctions on iran. broke out after a surprise 50 percent hike in field prices earlier this month the iranian government said the revenues would be used to help the less well off but anger boiled over at least a dozen cities with buildings vandalized and pictures of iran's supreme leader burned he described the writing as sabotage branded the protesters hooligans his artie's with more. the trumpet ministration seems jubilant about the recent protests in iran said the people of iran almost a year and a half ago the united states is with you now the protests are being driven by the

economic situation g.d.p. growth projections are down by 9.5 percent inflation is it 40 percent and unemployment is at 16 percent and rising but it was a 50 percent increase in the price of fuel that sparked the recent turmoil. now an economic squeeze like that is bound to get people upset but why is iran in such poor shape well donald trump has a lot to do with it in 2015 the international community agreed to lift decades old sanctions in response to an agreement that was reached about iran's peaceful nuclear energy program but then along came donald trump he decided to pull out of the nuclear agreement he says that iran broke the spirit of the deal however

international observers say that iran fully complied as of today i can state that it is implementing its. commitments after pulling out of the deal the trump administration began imposing sanctions on iran intended to wreck their economy accusing iran of quote destabilizing activities around the region the usa even threatened to impose sanctions on other countries that dared to buy iranian oil anyone doing business with iran will not be doing business with the united states i'm asking for world peace nothing less. weare ready to impose sanctions on any activity subject to restrictions after the iran nuclear deal in 2015 iran was exporting roughly $2500000.00 barrels of oil per day now that number is down to roughly 200000 in a country where the economy is centered around state run oil exports that's a pretty big financial loss and it has been detrimental cuts in fuel subsidies and

other benefits for the population had to be made so i don't know talk to regina fishers have sat down and made a decision for the country based on expert assessments and this decision must be executed and according to donald trump working to economically ruin iran makes him the best friend of the iranian people nothing says i love you like bleeding someone dry as cool nations to support iran's people as they struggle to reclaim. their religious and rights is just today i want to deliver a message to the long suffering people of iran. the people of america stand with you will be arrayed in people return to the nations proud roots as a center of civilization culture and wealth where their people can be happy and prosperous once again the united states throughout the reigning in history has

always been against democracy i mean the united states was the country together with britain instigated the 1000 who were against democratic the effect that mohamed aside there right now it's no different i mean the united states has imposed very severe sanctions on iran which is worth a lot of ordinary so coming out and saying that they support these people is hypocritical. it's not that we cause the tramp impeachment saga in the u.s. started with an embarrassing incident during a t.v. interview with a democratic lawmaker which instantly went viral and it's a bizarre way it highlighted the divisions in american politics. more so than at the washington is thick with intrigue contriver see the public hearings in the latest trump impeachment saga into their 2nd week and everyone wants to know has he

done it will this be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back the president used taxpayer dollars to ask the ukrainians to help achieve an election that can't be right guys i think we've got the wrong sound bite in the. what really. ok no apparent need that is right. fought gate is on everyone's lips democratic representative eric was weighing in on the ongoing impeachment hearings when he dropped dropped an explosive bomb on m s n b c do you think though that while one world human stuff happens move on and to the president of the united states of america could possibly be impeached potentially just the thought in the country's history but no the scandal over that quick moment is refusing really. to blow over and mainstream media

is leading the charge trying to get to the bottom of it i'm really sorry about the but i have to ask if this was you or someone in the studio it was not me and i didn't hear it when i was speaking you look like you heard it and. i didn't did not hear it even politicians have jumped onto the bandwagon even to show off the shop where it cutely but i'd love. if you me. cruz made a rookie ara and forgot that he too had been involved in the story that also rippled far and wide to show you senator and thank you for keeping it clean you know without. him so let's see what all the conspiracy theories on the table are the program on which i happened hardball tried to cover up its tracks and said it

was just the presenter scraping his mug across the table to which swore well took a leaf out of trump's book and breathed a sigh of relief but let's test that one out neil over to you. not sure so maybe another one the cameraman was to blame they were ways think they're safe just because the king in the shot but guys is that even possible you know. no i thought of the theories held up to scrutiny though view was smelt a rat pluto was demoted as a planet which eric swallow is now secure among the gas giants. is not a candidate that you can stand behind the cover of is own way is worse than a crime so while iran faces protests bolivia it faces a coup trump faces possible impeachment and the u.k. faces and not the string of practice that delays the media follows it's very funny

excellent nose for stories let's see when this one runs out of gas ok this is ridiculous i mean are you know you can talk about this seriously and don. thank you for joining us here on r.t. international my colleague sean thomas will be here at the top of the hour with all the latest headlines stay tuned for that. join me every thursday on the alex i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to get a feel of the world the politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. 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 great only implement from the inside venezuela things look different we're going to announce sanctions against petroleum to venezuela associate the famous will have a son of the moment who is. down person that political battle to stay on the moon the guy who come on the back of a moment of hope of the whose story isn't new makes him cold in henry kissinger to tell him that it would not be tolerated 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 the economy of venezuela screed. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy to go in for invasion let it be an

arms race is on the offense very dramatic development only really and going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical diam time to sit down and talk. to. the f.d.a. as primary role is and regulation of what the label says is and there is actually in the us the f.d.a. is not regulating quality production sourcing any of those things they're regulating that what you say is on the label is actually on the label the most shocking thing about the pet food industry that that has remained since basically i started doing this work is the f.d.a. compliance policies i still cannot understand how an industry is provided by a federal tax supported organization loopholes to avoid federal law

if you go to the f.d.a. website and just type in compliance policies and then scroll down the page to hand feed and and there's one after another they allow contamination by pesticides contamination by industrial chemicals contamination bad natural toxins contamination filth micro biological contamination over tolerance for permanent drug residues. it's incredible. the law says that can be but the compliance policy says don't worry go ahead when you won't enforce. for all practical purposes there's nobody looking out for the average dog in 2006 the mystery illness begin to sicken thousands of pets across the united states and canada for us. in the industry into the spotlight like never before. ok everyone is so freaked out about this recall tell us what do people need

to know about this recall so it's menu food menu menu foods menu foods and any food on march 16th 2007 many foods began recalling dog foods produced in their facilities in kansas and new jersey what disturbs me about this incident is that it confirms yet again the pet food as well as human food is a risk more than 60000000 packages were taken off store shelves last month because they apparently contained wheat gluten that was tainted with the chemical melamine veterinarian offices are getting flooded with phone calls from concerned that of people on the other end of the phone worried yes very wary yes no official estimates on exactly how many have died so far but hundreds of pets have suffered my strong belief is that they were intentionally delaying the recall happened because they thought they were purchasing a certain protein product called wheat gluten that has actually a pretty high protein count when in fact they were by.