as supporters of the alsa bolivian president clash with police for a 2nd week against his resignation the senate approves a new election but excludes a vote morales from standing. swedish prosecutors drop their almost decade long rape investigations against. citing insufficient evidence it is believed the decision clears the way to speed up the wiki leaks from his extradition to the united states from the u.k. where he is currently imprisoned. also in the stories that shaped the week washington pulls the plug on a key element of the iran nuclear deal by the sanctions waiver on an atomic

facility as the secretary of state. support for ongoing mass protests. by broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t international recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program. amid weeks of deadly violence in bolivia lawmakers have moved to hold a fresh presidential election but have barred ousted a former alice from standing porters have caused widespread disruption with protests in the capital and other major cities and recently took 8 soldiers hostage as well. i. later said that 7 of the men were released but there's still no information on the remaining officer morales was forced to resign after a wave of protests following october's election allegations of fraud but it's his

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 has sparked controversy by. dealing with protesters immunity from prosecution. is who's currently in mexico being granted asylum spoke exclusively to our t. about 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 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 arrangements 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 lewis and margaret but i was not connected 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 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 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 me as 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 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. or to 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 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 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 case was shelved to 2 years ago but was reopened after assad was forcibly dragged out of the ecuadorian embassy in london in april that came about after the country terminated his 70 year asylum their sons' is currently being held in belmarsh prison in the british capital where he is serving a 15 week sentence for breaching his bail conditions in 2012 separately the australian is fighting a us extradition request over wiki leaks

a publishing of the classified information on american political and military dealings with more here's r.t.c. say you know. for 9 years judith on his faith and 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 he would then be handed over to the u.s. for releasing classified information but sweden has now dropped the rape case against the thaw and after dinner issue investigation and investigative steps taken over the summer in india is now clear that the oral statement testimony and support given by the injured party has weakened their floors i have come to the conclusion that additional interviews with julian assange would not on average in cherry bases in a decisive manner as such i have decided not to hold an interview with has been 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 the extradition to the u.s. . that is now focused on the threat mr assange has been warning about for years to belligerent prosecution of the united states and the threat it poses to the 1st amendment the swedish sex crime out of geishas led to the ecuadorian embassy in august 2012. bay with the drug out of april this year and he's currently in prison now swedish charges have been dropped all the time sometimes it's extradition trial scheduled for february next year but some are concerned about whether he'll get a fair hearing i think that is 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 this should be treated as any other. proceeding where the u.s. are seeking to have someone extradited from u.k. to the 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. i'm.

but i think. the pursuit of julian 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 the shanshu 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 slates. 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 self and no one else. we killing supporter and british rock musician roger waters told r.t.

the whole extradition case has nothing to do with the legal process. somebody banged up in belmarsh for 23 hours out of every $24.00 being slowly by the state college she told uncomfortable. truths about this for me but. it surely purely political this is supposed mystical he's being hung out to dry as a warning to others others who decide that they might be journalists that they might fool fool that function is this boy in. the public could be a lecture of what goes on quickly in their 9th so this business should be extradition has nothing to do the legal process. hong kong's pro-democracy candidates have scored a momentous victory in the chinese territories district council elections after

a new after a record number excuse me of voters flocked to the polls on sunday according to local media the opposition camp has taken $386.00 of $450.00 declared seats there just a 2 more to be announced the vote which comes after 5 months of violent people was being viewed as a barometer of public opinion and a test of support for the anti beijing protest campaign opposition has said the result sends a clear message to the authorities in shows that demonstrators demands must be taken seriously we earlier asked economist benjamin chao what a victory for hong kong's pro-democracy candidates would mean for the territory. they used and most. asked by people on one hand the leaders security measures or. words on the other hand both sides will actually call for a ceasefire today peace and courage to go in or dates back to the city at least for

what today people have lost their mind. that the actions and inactions of their right to high court you need to climb a tree having no mass to michael even better people preaching to. last most of these elections he's not directly impact march the majority of your lectures lead counsel for north korea election for me to you for the next few weeks so i expect why it's could still go on respect people that you actually results expression of ultimate intention of the right is really not just about the welfare of hong kong but on a bigger. competition between powerful nations. the us secretary of state by pompei own ounce to on monday that washington will end the sanctions that wavers on iran's nuclear facility a key component of the landmark atomic deal it comes after tehran said it had resumed the process of iranian enrichment at the plant pump

a 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 simply like. it is strange that the united states and its officials who committed the greatest of crimes by imposing much pressure in the toughest sanctions on iran . that they support these protests expect anything else from mr discreet and he defends the. position of sanctions on iran. while the rest broke out after a surprise 50 percent hike in fuel prices earlier this month iranian government said the revenue would be used to help the less well off but anger boiled over in

least a dozen cities with buildings vandalized and pictures of iran's supreme leader burned describe the rioting as sabotage the protesters hooligans. the trump administration 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 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 an agreement. it 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 there's directions 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 top arena fishers 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 as cool nations to support iran's people as they struggled to reclaim. their religious and rights is. 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 u.a.e. and history has always been against which the united states was a country together with britain instigated the 1000 who are 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. it started with an embarrassing incident during a t.v.

interview with a democratic lawmaker which instantly went viral and well in its own bizarre way it highlighted the divisions in american politics with commentary you need commentary of that here 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 ask 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 apparent need that is right. fought gate is on everyone's lips democratic representative eric swan well was weighing in on the ongoing impeachment hearings

when he dropped dropped an explosive bomb on m s n b c you'd think though that while one world human stuff happens move on and 2 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 keen to show off the shop where it. usually. 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 tracing out more 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 wise 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 again it is that you can stand behind the cover of is own worries worse than a crime so while iran faces protests bolivia 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 for stories let's see when this one runs out of gas ok this is ridiculous i mean our dinner who can talk about this seriously and don. i have a dozen from will be back with more news at the top there stay with us. so

what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is often spearing dramatic development only closely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. and. so i do object no one and i will continue objecting to people in republika srpska never one agrees to those in power and their position but we must not become a nato member under any circumstances our reason is clear nater people because serbs love to believe it bombed us using depleted uranium munitions. and that still is killing our children today. and if we decided to become a nato member of what we would give it a moral right to believe that he did the right thing what i'm going to sway over

you would betray the memory of those who died as a result of the notion that bombing operation was told to angel of mercy can you imagine that. we still got to tighten the that's who can sneak. on. the recorder and he's president. and. you want to think about you think about it. can they. get in as all. of them do eat too much haha get to be a good tone crew from the author to get those people to fail when i'm in a good job until in the fall that you can say when next time you don't come.

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inside animals among the closest thing. that of the dogs decide a muscle to be a total public comment also be counted and copied over most of the time in the motion to have said. let's not long for this a little bit more but overman i'm not going to do that mike and i'm not. like that was something really important on the kind of the way. things are. going on that are all the troops of the bubble to the back so it doesn't cut out in the model and i think that given the struggles. it was some time ago that the tag group chose this square in which to dance this is a pair particularly challenging simply turned up the music. but syria is different even in the taqiyya where there was no street to street fighting during the war.