as supporters of the ousted bolivian president plays for 2nd week against his resignation in the senate approves a new election but excludes. prosecutors dropped almost a decade long rape investigation against. citing insufficient evidence it's believed the decision clears the way to speed up the wiki leaks founders extradition to the united states from the u.k. where he is currently in prison. also in 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. for ongoing protests. in moscow this is r t international good to have you with us as we recap the week's top stories amid weeks of deadly violence in bolivia lawmakers have moved to hold a fresh presidential election but have barred ousted from standing his supporters have caused widespread disruption with protests in the capital and other major cities and recently took 8 soldiers hostage as well. i. thought his later said that 7 of the men were released but there is still no information on the remaining officer abel morales

was forced to resign after a wave of protests following october the election amid allegations of fraud but it's he'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 janine onions has herself. received by giving police dealing with protesters immunity from prosecution ever morales who is currently in mexico after being granted asylum spoke exclusively to r.t. what is happening in his 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's 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 the representative of the organization of american states and told him there bade 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 you 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 the indigenous populations movement which has changed a major 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 cluster i call 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 there are 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 argue merican news anchor reg 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 or 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 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 the government doesn't that seem 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 b. 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 pattern 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 shelves 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 asylum there. is currently being held in belmarsh prison in the british capital where he is serving a 50 week sentence for breaching his bail conditions in 2012 separately the

australian is fighting u.s. extradition request over wiki leaks publishing of classified information on american political and military dealings with more here's archies. for 9 years due to the thaw in his faith on the future in the u.k. it all started with a sex crime charges in sweden that 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 anything classified information but sweden has now dropped the right case against the thaw and 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 all interrogate evidence cherry beast is in

a decisive manner as such i have decided not to hold an interview with head up until now sweden could have still off of the extradition now the no longer a threat that ironically means other than the impending hearing there's nothing standing in the way of mr thaw and 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 dragged out of a pool this year he's currently in prison now swedish charges have been brought all the time sometimes there's a 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 now is coming to.

an 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. are seeking to have someone extradited from u.k. to us or u.k. seeking to have 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.

but i think. the pursuit of julie in the silence 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 she wrongdoing of any kind and that government is a sham 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 flights. whistleblowers should be protected whistleblowers should be lauded their heroes whistleblowers do this sort of thing not 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 himself and no one else. would you lisa

supporter and british rock musician roger waters told our team the whole extradition case has nothing to do with the legal process. somebody banged up in belmarsh for 23 ounce out of every 24 being slowly muddied by the state. he told uncomfortable truths about war crimes committed by the united states of america. exposed me 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 as journalists by informing the public and the electorate of what goes on secretly in their name so this business of beck's tradition has nothing to do with the legal process. more of the week's a big stories ahead including the u.s.

canceling a key element of the dwindling iran nuclear deal as the country wrestles with fuel prices a protest spurred by already punishing sanctions live from moscow you're watching our national in the week. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to a guest of the world of politics sport that's less i'm show business i'll see you than.

and welcome back this is r t international now hong kong's pro-democracy candidates are on course for a momentous victory in the chinese territories district council elections after a record number of voters flocked to the polls on sunday according to local media the opposition camp has taken $370.00 of the $422.00 seats declared so far the vote

which comes after 5 months of violent upheaval is being viewed as a barometer of public opinion and a test of support for the anti beijing protest campaign full results are expected later on monday we asked economist benjamin chao what a victory for hong kong's pro-democracy candidates would mean for the territory. today used in most. quiet people on one hand the leaders security measures so the new police chief. sweet words are dead ahead both sides can actually call for a cease fire today peace and courage in the land or days back to the city at least for what today people have lost their mind. that the actions and inactions of the rioters are high be coordinated contrary having no mass to my guy even real people preaching can lost most of these election he's not directly impact

much the majority of the legislative council for lawmaking north reconnection for me for the next chief executive so i expect why it's could still go on respect people that you actually read so it's expression of ultimate intention of these really not just about the welfare of hong kong but on a bigger global political competition between powerful nations. all right the u.s. secretary of state my pompei announced on monday that washington will end sanctions waivers on iran for doe nuclear facility a key component of the landmark atomic deal this comes after tehran said it had resumed the process of uranium enrichment at the plant also reiterated his support for the ongoing protests in iran which the country has slammed as hypocritical. the people will enjoy a better future when their government to respect basic human rights of its

revolutionary. and its destabilizing foreign policy in the region and behave simply like. if you strange the united states and its officials who have committed the greatest of crimes by imposing much pressure on the tougher sanctions on iran. to the iranian people that they support these protests you know i expect anything else from mr disgracefully defends the. position of sanctions on iran the rest broke out after a surprise 50 percent hike in fuel prices earlier this month the iranian government said that the revenue would be used to help the less well off but anger boiled over in at least a dozen cities with buildings vandalized and pictures of iran's supreme leader burned. the rioting of sabotage and branded the protesters hooligans up in. the trump administration seems jubilant about the recent protests in iran

as i said to 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 15 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 a green. 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 iran 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 fisher was have sat down and made a decision for the country based on expert assessments and this decision must be executed. but 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 yes cool nations to support iran's people as they struggle to reclaim. their religious and rights is destiny i want to deliver a message to the long suffering people of iran. the people of america stand with you will the arabian people return to the nation's 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 u.a.e. and history has always been against democracy i mean the united states was a country together with britain instigated in 1000 with democratic the effect that mohamed right now it's no different i mean the united states has imposed very severe sanctions on iran which is 1st a lot of ordinary so coming out and saying that they support these people is hypocritical. yet another week of the trump impeachment saga in the u.s. started with in embarrassing incident during a t.v. interview with a democratic lawmaker which instantly went viral and in its own a bizarre way it highlighted the divisions in america's politics even more with unique commentary here is our taylor. 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 the ukrainians to help with an election that can't be right guys i think we've got the wrong sound bite in the. what really. ok no apparently that is right. what 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 guess i did not hear it even politicians have jumped on to the bandwagon even to show off the shop where it. clearly. is human. cruz made a rookie error 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 choice. 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 presenters scraping his mug across the table to which swore while took a leaf out of trump's book and breathed a sigh of relief but let's test that one out neal over to you. not sure so maybe another one the cameraman was to blame they were ways think they're safe just because they're 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 pranks it 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. by the dozen for me i'll be back with more the week we have top the hour stay with us martin trash. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy to confront a shouldn't let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful

very critical time to sit down and talk. tough and finding another one of the. way to go for the food. bank itself mukti about. closing this way got to dog so hard not to think of the mother disappeared this moment the work of a coward and i know you thought that if. this is the only thing that we do is music because everybody fights his way. to. the floor you can feel the fee and this will persuade you that you have all the ability to put a hold on the. what i think is this is the fund that is

a compliment. the more i tried to understand venezuela the more i could see the signs of all solitary an ism emerging on my continent as well. however what venezuela's critics didn't dare do was compare human rights issues to those in other countries on the american continent. civil and political rights have been violated in venezuela. but they're violated every day in colombia and they're violated every day in mexico and they're violated every day in brazil. what i call human rights. what i call selective integration.

you schol enormous in the nation with regard to one country. and you keep quiet with regard to many other countries where the situation is many times worse. in brazil the police kill 14 people a day on average. the colombian army killed 10000 civilians between 20022010. that doesn't include hundreds of political activists assassinated every year by powell ability groups tolerated or even supported by the authorities. even in the usa the police killed almost a 1000 people in 2018. the politicians in some of those countries have called for military intervention in

venezuela to protect so they say its citizens. we have troops all over the world and places that are very very far away venezuela is not very far away and the people are suffering and dying we have many options for venezuela including a possible military option if necessary. i'm always careful when we talk about south and central america and the cia there's a lot of stories. we are very hopeful that there could be a transition in venezuela as i was just down in mexico city and in bogota week before last talking about this very issue trying to help them understand the things they might do so that they can get a better outcome c.n.n. can now confirm the president asked a number of his top foreign policy advisers last summer about the possibility of invading venezuela.