well of course there is a lot of support of my daughter from the armed forces and not only the armed forces but also there's support from russia and china and cuba and these three countries have actually. donated and have done their military exercises and conjunction with various when they've been preparing for any kind of an international intervention so there is still a lot of support for mother to spit and there's a lot of fear as well within the military ranks so there's just a little bit of everything in these armed forces and it's very tricky to try and spark call have the upper hand on the military oh i was yours because you were looking at live pictures from caracas i'm given today's events led to today's today's street uprising because this is just one in a number of these sorts of events so is today's any different to what has gone before. well it's very significant for example that we see active military members out in the open supporting one way they all die in the past we've seen uprisings and they've been really quickly squashed by an equipment was government it's also v

or if you do that you are accepting racism within the armed forces you know just like outside the armed forces will be cuffed. more than nine million germans have immigrant roots. and in the fullness very. of wonders their study shows that the proportion of soldiers with an immigrant background is actually higher than in the population at large around fifteen point five percent. but people of color and muslims like m o t are still under represented. this isn't called multi-colored we are a big diverse strong true. we need to advance a bit to measure up to the international competition. but the image of right wing extremist soldier is cannot be what defines us. the. diversity defines us a few fish cat. but despite costly advertising campaigns the armed forces failed to meet they were put my goal every year. we cool though. kreutz repeat after me i swear to faithfully serve the federal republic of germany. toilets with dean it. would be. for many a career as a soldier is no longer an attractive prospect. godhead as a result the blunders bear faces an immense challenge it needs to recruit

has been leading a political system that is a lie and on the armed forces and the security services and that will continue to do so except more. aggressively so to speak if you will the armed forces are now in full control of the state through sisi and through with their own national power the armed forces are also in economic activity in the economy they confront probably about forty percent of the g.d.p. and now they have the most political authority according to the new amendments so i think the armed forces are going to remain. the arbiter of the political system of the control of the political system through sisi. and unfortunately this may be the not augur well for her legal development in egypt egypt is driving up their two hundred million people and without an open political system it's not going to be able to leave because of the development that it means that people need for foreseeable future. to hong kong now where eight pro-democracy leaders behind the so-called umbrella movement will spend up to sixteen months in prison. and many of this forces were gathered outside the co

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he went over there are some key elements in this process and they are that the armed forces are not with nicholas matilda and they have to change and to such now with the people and the constitution venezuela is in a state of occupation of course there has been a lot of persecution within the armed forces even some carried out by the cuban intelligence and counterintelligence services but it's clear that not only the people the majority of the people not only the international community do not support nicholas matilda but also the armed forces of our country and you cannot know what they were there was one why they are there talking with us earlier let's take this story now to our correspondent oscar slinger he joins me now on the line from the village where the capital caracas good evening to you. we know that one go i do has once more urged venezuelan troops to unite against madeira do we know though right now at this hour how is the support within the military for guardia. that is unpredictable it's very difficult to say because there is a lot of. there's not a lot of news coming out

we start in venezuela where opposition leader and self declared president urging the armed forces to join what he's called the final phase of a plan to topple nicolas maduro. in the capital. the start of an uprising is calling operation. as he spoke as he spoke nearby troops loyal to president. tear gas and opposition protesters. rising in attempt on the part of the opposition to remove the tour of from the presidency but it appears to have only limited military support. of course is a key factor. venezuelan politics president the door of his party has vowed to put down because he says he has the total loyalty of his military leaders. they w. has spoken exclusively with while i'm quite aware asked him how he justified his call for nevada for the venezuelan people to rise up against the government. it's clear that they are the ones who have usurped government powers they have carried on a continuous coup since two thousand and eighteen they have disregarded the rule of law they have discarded the constitution they failed to hold free and fair elections and they seized power today the

it will be to really revive that connection, and since the armed forces do overwhelmingly belong stratalower income they could be a spontaneous contagion in the distance in the spirit will spread from the people to the military forces. i think the conditions are already in place. for a restoration. there. they are i think to reach out to chavestas, you have to put the spotlight on the people to elect their leaders. and the military as people. thateed to guarantee social rights, protection of social rights will be a priority. a constant priority for the transition government. hyperinflation has been the most unjust tax on the venezuelan people. it is a terrible human rights issue. with youreven eat basic minimum wage. if you can't subsist. the conditions are there, you just need to move the letters -- protagonismive back to the people. conveyed to the people that, cast 20 years ago, they will be the protagonists in this world. they will be making decisions through their community leaders. that spontaneity we are seeing to ae streets can lead repair of the social fabric and getting the po

, the iraqi armed forces. there is a big understanding in iraq that over three presidencies in iraq, the executive branch, the egislative branch, that by the prime minister and his excellency, the president of the republic, we are all united in our effort to work with the international partners and the international coalition to defeat this extremist organization once and for all. so in the next phase, it's more like it's not militarilyly, more of an intelligence-based effort, the forces in iraq and to somehow attack the funding and financing. the extremist ideology, the human and the financial from all these actions. there are so many parties that hurt iraq because they gave them an -- they gave isis the incubator to flourish in the past. of course, following these organizations and sometimes you countries could behind them, we need to follow up and attack them somehow from these aspects. the united states is welcoming, of course, and i'm sure all the people you mentioned, mississippi nancy, the conversation

she went away there are some key elements in this process and they are that the armed forces are not with nicolas maduro they are for change and as such they are with the people and the constitution when israel is in a state of occupation of course there has been a lot of persecution within the armed forces even some carried out by the cuban intelligence and counter intelligence services but it's clear that not only the people the majority of the people not only the international community do not support nicolas maduro but also the armed forces of our country. no i didn't lose a colossal has been tracking events in venice where you are welcome but if you can see right now at least online there's one image one video that is really resonating with everyone that's watching these events unfold in venezuela it's showing at least one instance of brutality against the protesters this is it just a warning it may be disturbing for some viewers these are clearly pro-government military tanks you can see them driving through the crowd of of protesters there actively really it seems aiming and f

has formally labeled part of another country's armed forces as a terrorist group the trumpet ministration says iran's elite force actively participates in finances and promotes terrorism as a tool of statecraft the main airport in libya's capital tripoli has been evacuated after it was struck in an air raid by warlords probably for half the this force of . the strike targeted airport in tripoli's eastern suburbs flights have been suspended as a result there is also been fighting at the former international airport which has not been used since an earlier round of violence in twenty fourteen. protesters in sudan are calling for direct talks with the army about forming a transitional government earlier is soldier was killed as the army intervene to protect demonstrators from security forces protesters demanding the resignation of president bashir have been outside army headquarters in hard to him since saturday at least twelve people have been killed since then. fighters are attacking the taliban in eastern afghanistan the fighting in the province has forced many civilians to escape on foot

national security advisor john bolton has since tweeted to appeal to the venice will an armed forces to support glide oh no he's not alone secretary of state mike pompei it was said the u.s. government gives its support to quote the quest for freedom one guy had always been courting support from the united states on a number of european nations since making his first move in january invoking the venice will in constitution he claimed president maduro all but stole the twentieth in the election to cling to power since then than the general government's face pressure not least from washington which it accuses of meddling in its affairs on plotting a military intervention. or happy to say joining us live on the program in our francisco domingo is head of latin american studies at middlesex university in the u.k. and friend of the program one why don't francisco is calling quite clearly for a military operation he did it we're confident he did it in the video address that went out early in the morning as venezuela basically was waking up why does he think he's got the military on his sid

it would be supported by either the federal armed forces or other forces from iraq to be supported with them in these areas. >> a bit of a follow-up question comes from our audience which is what impact does iran have on iraq's politics either positive or negative? how do you see the impact of iran? i would add you have a lot of regional neighbors active in iraq. how do you balance all of those influences? i'm sorry. can i see who posted this question and who? stand up. these countries indeluding iran, they always interfere for their own interest. you know, iraq is always having problems whether it is local or international problems they interfere negatively and would hinder iraq from going forward in its own way. as i said earlier in my speech iraq's first strategy, that's what we want to adhere and be careful that our common interests and respect each other this is a fixture and it's not only a slogan, it's not a political slogan. we want this to be implemented in effect to have a full sovereignty, no intervention whatsoever from regional or elsewhere. does that get effected with the

conscript in terms of being able to participate in international activities involved in your kingdom's armed forces >> thank you very much. it goes back to the answer i gave earlier about the problem trying to sort and before 2010 we had an all volunteer force and the reason we had that is that it was politically and legally difficult for us to draft people and send them -- for instance, very far away in afghanistan or africa. the draft was for the defense of our country or national defense does not mean it has to be within the boundaries but geographical at least public perception so today when we have send forces out to afghanistan or iraq or right now in africa we do not use conscript but use their part of forces that it is [inaudible] and for political and legal reasons. >> great. >> thank you, mr. chairman. our previous panel during our previous panel we heard testimony that suggested that from experience during deployment in particular places within particular types of military action the enemies tend to target women and if it was a patrol that had a mixed group of men and women the enemy ten

what we the forces of the armed forces and what. the chief doesn't allow muslim as against the head of the political committee does ignited by the president of the interim military council. at this defining moment when we must. bring to the people's attention what has been missed and has allowed. when protests sit and chat and massive demonstrations go one broke out. as supreme security committee was formed this committee was chaired by the defense minister. it was comprised of the members of then top security pat at this is from the armed forces defense minister chief of staff. the director general of the police force the head of the security forces. command of task force house and rabbit intervention. and my own person that movement has to be looking at the duty of this could be to hear the last was. to keep in communication with the then the president saying over and all the. arrive at solutions here. and acceptable to the people and protest. during our communication with the leadership. regretfully say but their vision was your

translation: on this day, the libyan armed forces declare the launch of the operation volcano of angerlibyan cities of aggressor and illegitimate forces. these are the aggressive forces he is talking about, from the so—called libyan national army, the loose alliance of armed groups that controlled much of the east and south of libya, here preparing for battle at their benghazi headquarters. today, as these forces continue to head west, there were clashes reported to the south of tripoli, particularly around the disused international airport. the un mission in libya made an urgent appeal for a truce to evacuate civilians. the government said 21 people had been killed and 27 wounded. some countries are now acting to protect their nationals. these unverified pictures appear to show the united states evacuating some of its forces by hovercraft. the fear of western governments is that if libya descends into full—blown civil war, the country could once again become a source of migration and extremism. the un is still hoping for political talks next week, but few expect the fighting to end so

today the armed forces have taken an important step by siding with the people.ur process, and we have always said that, is peaceful and nonviolent and we are not going to change that. the ones who have caused violence to the armed military forces are the regime. we all maintain a nonviolent stance, as demonstrated by the venezuelan people when they took to the streets to protest. brent: that was juan guaido speaking with us earlier this evening. for more on the situation i am joined by our latin america correspondent monitoring events from colombia. good evening to you, javier. we have heard juan guaido urging venezuelan troops to unite maduro maduro against -- against maduro. is it possible to say how much support within the military guaido really as -- has? javier: that's the most pressing question. it has been ever since juan guaido declared himself interim president. it remains unanswered. in general we could say the lower ranking officials of the military tend to support juan guaido of course because they are the ones who have to do with the consequences of

she went over there are some key elements in this process and they are that the armed forces are not with nicolas maduro they're for change under such they are with the people and the constitution is in a state of occupation of course there has been a lot of pushing within the armed forces even some carried out by the cuban intelligence and counter intelligence services but it's clear that not only the people the majority of the people not only the international community do not support nicolas maduro but also the armed forces of our country and you cannot go to my colleague who's been following events in venezuela online he joins me now also what do you see right now there's one image really one video that is resonating with a lot of people have been tracking the events there in venezuela and it's just really shocking in its brutality against pro why don't protest there's we've seen this image already tonight this is pro-government military tanks you can see essentially driving into a crowd of protesters clearly intentionally aiming for them we know at least one protester was seriou

and how much of the armed forces is behind mr guaido at the moment.ions do the white house have on the table? there is obviously a military option, they have refer to it obliquely over the past three boys, all options on the table. they have said that they always say all options are on the table. define is economic pressure, something they have been turning the screws on, especially with the sanctions on oil, the main source of cash revenue for the my doodle regime. they hoped this would get the leverage for the monitoring to change sides. you could say it is not working, on the other hand, you could say that you have to wait. it looks like it's holding out so far but it could be a house of cards that could come down any moment. keep in mind that the oil sanctions having kicked him that much. but they do, mr maduro will not be able to keep his genitals in the life they have become accustomed to. you are asking the ambassador, what can you do to get the military to switch sides? this offer of amnesty from mr guaido, i think asti talked about their busi

. >> -- [inaudible] armed forces -- with those in scotland are delighted -- over 7000 of our armed forcesn scotland are penalized by -- [shouting] so will the prime minister connect to extend the conversation uk government paid to armed forces base in scotland last year for another year? because we need to send a very clear signal, that the scottish government are prepared to penalize those inner armed forces -- while this contribute to government has always injured those who put her life on the line for our country will come first. [shouting] >> thank you, mr. speaker. can i first of all say that i would like to be treated particularly to anyone stationed in her constituency. she is absolute right about those brave men and women across our armed forces who put their lives on the line us, and she's also right that what is happening with the s.o.b.s both this year and next year -- mps -- brave and loyal services in scotland. this leaves thousands out of pocket and it is wrong so we will therefore again be providing financial mitigation payment to the negatively impacted for the tax 2019-20

and through with their own power the armed forces are also in economic activity in the economy they come from probably about forty percent of the g.d.p. and now they have the most political authority according to the new amendments so i think the armed forces are going to remain. the arbiter of the political system of the control of the political system through sisi. and unfortunately this may be but not auger well for where legal development in egypt egypt is driving up there two hundred million people and without an open political system it's not going to be able to leave because of the development that it means that it will mean for foreseeable future. whether it's next foxtel ahead on al-jazeera china's navy celebrates its seventieth anniversary by showing off brand new warships and all change on the ground developments plans for one of the outs last famous avenues. to welcome back to international weather forecast while the heat is on here across parts of china as well as the active weather in terms of thunderstorms that means over here towards the east we're going to continue

these are women who are serving in the armed forces.a very wide problem coming and it's a shame there was not the similarly robust response from the secretary of state come in the chain of command last year. and so do we, i'm going to say we, the public and press, do we always find out when allegations are made like this one, within the army? i'm not sure that we do. i mean one of the main problems is, what appears to happen on this occasion, is that the military police have been called in again. what we are calling for, and have been calling forfor a long, long time, and a lot of women who have suffered sexual violence in the armed forces have been calling for, it must be the civilian police that investigate this offence, not the military police, they don't have enough experience, not enough expertise, and they are not sufficiently independent. so if the chain of command, in the secretary of state states are serious about tackling this, they don't need to conduct another review, they have all the information that they need, what they n

translation: on this day, the libyan armed forces declare the launch of the operation, volcano of angerurge all libyan cities of aggressor and illegitimate forces.

we the men of the armed forces. have no precious but the home soil of the sudan we have no political ad filiation we have no political ideology we are the men of the armed forces let us work. with the militia as to the next question. and. we came forward and the response to the people's demands. it was the people who call on us to seize the reins of power and we acted in the response and that's why this question is not acceptable we were not dictated to it was us who adopted this option simply because we were monitoring the situation on the ground. i. swear to god almighty that we are not prepared. to sacrifice a single soul we. are acting based on our values and virtues these values principles and virtues is where a spoon fed to us by our respected mothers sudanese mothers and fathers. i want to sponsor was a direct response to the people's demand and we will live up to the people's aspirations however i urge the political leaders to seize this golden opportunity. as to the questions regarding. v. sudan's foreign r

so tkey question is l the armed forces stay with them. the answer is more likely yes than no. he's got cumin intelligence operatives at every level of the chain of command. the generals who are incredibly corrupt have been bought to stay loyal to the regime and then finally, he's armed his own michelle. in the short run, unless the armed forces turns on maduro in a substantial way, he's going to sit on this disaster until its collapses. >> aeamon. at some point, the united states imposed greater economic sanctions on stuff going into venezuela, oil coming out of venezuela. but maduro didn't go. so at some point, the u.s. action has exacerbated the economic troubles kerry was just talking about. >> sure, but venezuela had deep problems before those sanction as and the sapgs from the united states were on a rolling basis. we saw the united states designate two individuals from the venezuelan current government. foreign minister and judge. it blocks transactions by those specific individuals and freezes any assets they might have in the united states. so those have teeth, largely

the armed forces very much armed and very much using those arms, firing weapons as well as driving their armored personnel carriers in at least one case right over the top of at least a dozen people, who we are told were injured. this ongoing back and forth has reached a point where it's unclear how it's going to end, but as there is such a strong demonstration of military power on the streets, it certainly seems like it's going to take something unexpected to happen for juan guaido's supporters to make some sort of achievement today other than the visual demonstration of the numbers who have taken to the streets who are demanding change. but we have seen them take to the streets peacefully before. juan guaido, as far as we know, within the last two hours has been free, he has not been taken into custody by the nicolas maduro government and this is i guess you would say playing out in realtime, unlikely to know what the end is going to be. we just heard john bolton talking about they would like to see a peaceful end to maduro's rule but all options remain on the table. there seems to be

are reporting that the defense minister has just said, "acts of violence by some members of the armed forces today have been "partly defeated," and that the military's top ranks remain loyal to the constitution." which i would imagine means loyal to maduro. at least that's what they want. but congressman, this is also happening. we've been watching the venezuelan opposition leader guaido and his mentor and ally, leopold lopez, who escaped house arrest earlier today, marching among the protesters, claiming that they have victory in this and the tories with them. your former military parade where the facts and all of this? >> harris, i just met this morning with the commander of

of a country marred in the secretary in violence sanctions by an arms embargo the government's armed forces were in disarray and no match to the fourteen armed groups operating in the country. in two thousand and seventeen twenty or reached out to russian president putin on the sidelines of a un general assembly meeting asking for help. it was a meeting that stunned many on the security council especially the former colonial ruler france and. even after gaining independence france has exerted influence in the country in fact the french intelligence services had advised the country's presidents for years but changed all that. and today valerie started off is advise in him has a stronger resume having served in conflict zones in north caucasus including chechnya. the french foreign minister has called the presence of russian soldiers in the central african republic we're. saying they are creating instability. how do you advise the president's what exactly do you help him with. calls from either of them i had said with some of them as opposed to show me where my grandma was moving at. our live

armed forces in an attempt to crack down?sh will be the calculation of the military if they decide what to do? whether to stay loyal to maduro or carry out a crackdown if that is what they are ordered to do? michael: i think they see -- the hope is that they will interpret today'sts res showing that this process is building military offices turning toward guiado and abandoning maduro. try's will say that let's to make this, instead of having a violent and to this,ve let's a soft landing. let's try to engage in negotiations. worke formula that may toward a t cnsition. thatould be part of the calculations. the other poibility is they will see this as a way of a real threat to them. they will dig in and they will -- there will be massive repression. hopefully that will not happen. how much pressure is the trump administration trying to put on the situation with national security advisor calling out three senior members of the maduro government who said had pledged to move to new rule? michael: i think that is -- i think that the

all political economic and social issues we have come with no ideology we are the people of the armed forces we have come here to maintain order security and provide an opportunity for the people to achieve change they have been aspiring to and to devise their own visions for the leadership we have no ambition at all to hold the reins of power. morgan joins us now live from called in the mood through those saying they have no intention to hold on to power are people buying it for what the thing is sammy when that statement was being made not a lot of people even wanted to listen to the military council and what they had to say hundreds and hundreds of people were making their way to the army headquarters where the sudanese for fresh association which has been spearheading most of the protests since december last year said that people should gather there at the military headquarters and voice their frustration and their demand for a civilian transitional government not one that is being run by the military and certainly not one with members who are part of the former ruling party or part of t

security for you and also we salute the armed forces whatever the. honest men who have endured. the grave suffering still marching towards a better future to thank you in another. that was all but one the new leader of the transitional council the military transitional council in sudan speaking live on sudanese television let's bring in al-jazeera have a morgan who's in khartoum. apparently we don't have the moment we're just trying to restore. communications with khartoum let's speak to what mohamed to osman that is on the line from khartoum. what do you make of what we just heard to me is it was more or less the same that we heard from i would have been of the last head of the transitional council who stood down less than twenty four hours after being appointed to the job apart from the fact that the curfew will be lifted they will no longer. insist upon that curfew what do you think has been. thank you for having me. i think the care if you would defy by the protesters the protesters defied the care for you from the first day it has never been implemented but i think if if i

women in the armed forces, i'll talk about later. and here is, a judgment by the new york times, it's a woman's war in a more literal sense than any war has ever been. that the increasing realization that they were absolutely out of labor except for women. and this became an incredible talked about fact, published fact the prediction is women's participation in this war is pervasive enough, and that the air, the wars, the were sufficiently prolonged, new standards self-reliance are going to be set up for women. that earning and skill would be the norm. that's going to cause trouble. by the 1950s and 60s. let's not get there. here's where we have public relations, that after the decade of the 1930s, when they said no, you've got to get out of jobs, stay home, give the job to a man, be careful, suddenly the message changed to you got a get out there and take the job of a man. you have to help the country go to war. you have to be patriotic. you have to work and fight the enemy within. and here's the wonderful government propaganda whic

the army give us a very brief synopsis if you like of the various power factors that make up the armed forces of sudan the question now is whether the un forces are going to split or whether the fret of a civil war which is very real will convince a loyal. officers to tag along with the rebellion. rebellious officer to give up if they think that their colleagues on a great move so what's going to happen in the next twenty four twenty four forty eight hours may be crucial now there is hope because the sudanese. society is full of very qualified people who can step in and take part in a transition governments towards free elections so under the right conditions we could see a democratic transition happen all right gentlemen we are out of time thank you very much indeed gallop are talking to us from berlin david shinn talking to us from washington and of course. talking to us from london thank you very much indeed now you can see the program again any time you like by going to the website al-jazeera dot com should you want more discussion. page facebook dot com. then there's always the two it is

translation: this is a message to my brothers in the armed forces. them to come and stand by the side of the people here, the sudanese people. these have been the biggest protests ever seen during president al—bashir‘s 30—year rule. they have vowed to come here, right next to the president's compound, and tear his steps down. anne soy, bbc news. from arch—enemies to entente cordiale, the relationship between britain and france has always been interesting. the latest potential bump in the road is brexit, with mrs may heading to paris to meet the french president emmanual macron. but will france help or hinder britain on its brexitjourney? david eades looks back at what has sometimes been an uneasy friendship. he was famed for having a certain idea of france, as a great nation with a global destiny which he helped to fashion through the european community. vive la france! de gaulle's wartime dependence on london as his safe haven and h0 also gave him a developed sense of angleterre, as he put it. insular, maritime, a commercial, industrial world inextr

via social media as well and there might be a split between some of the different units of the armed forces apparently the air force is rather loyal to one way though whereas the other units have either stayed loyal to the cause my little or have not really said yet where they actually stand we do know that military forces have abandoned the camp of people as a liberal and are supporting why don't but we don't know how many and of course not if that is going to be enough to actually support some kind of government transition which is what one would do is trying to force the big we've been looking at that we are looking in the live pictures of the situation and some of this is the streets. has said that today marks the as is the start of the final phase of his plan to oust the president. what do we think he means by that. well the idea of one way though is to force ludo to somehow resign to force a government transition in venezuela he has repeatedly said that he wants to achieve this in a peaceful manner and that would imply that the people of venezuela will at least demand from the militar

that you were to have a national intelligence of course that is the means and they have their own armed forces. you have some of the rocket support force groups who've been essentially troops that have been regularized that have come from the generally militia and were very active in the darfur crisis so you have a raft of other militia as well included in that so this is what people have been very paranoid about the protests about you know militia dressed in civilian clothing being you know coming into the protests and perhaps causing violence and that being then blamed on so. protesters so this is as i said a very kind of entrapped network of security forces and militias and it's not easy to unpick which is why i think people are very suspicious still despite i think the joy that some of your images show well on that i'm curious as well that given the level of fragmentation that we're seeing amongst the various different security forces is there a fear that violence might break out could there be civil war people are very i think fearful. about the possibility of increased violence and that

narrator: the united states army presents "the big picture," for -- an unofficial report for the armed forcesnd the american people. here is sergeant stuart queen. >> in recent years on "the big picture" television series, we have been privileged to report on the progress of the nato, nato. today we turn to this same subject, only this time in a film originally produced by nato, narrated by edward r. murrow. it is a story about the nato and its accomplishments since its birth more than 10 years ago. in this organization we have developed a deterrent and retaliatory capability of great destructive power for the prevention of general war. we are partners and have an appropriate part to play in international security, today, tomorrow and for the indeterminate future. ♪ mr. murrow: december 16, 1957, date to remember. for the first time, 15 chiefs of government gather around one table, eisenhower, mcmillan, menderas, conrad adenauer. these men and their countries have sometimes been at war against one another. often they have been united against a common enemy, but it -- but here in nato for the

national security advisor john bolton tweeted a reply appealing to the venice will an armed forces to protect the people all secretary of state might bump said the u.s. government supports quote the quest for freedom other latin american countries including argentina chile peru of all so called for the army to block to brazil seize it sorgen ising an urgent government meeting to discuss the situation or comment from the russian embassy in venezuela as well as come in stating the president has the situation under control the army still stands behind him opposition leader one by two has been courting support from the united states and a number of european nations since making his first move in january invoking the venezuelan constitution president material but still only the twenty one from eighteen alexion to cling to power since then the material governments face pressure not least from washington which is accused of meddling in its affairs. a military intervention. let's get some analysis on the program right not political journalist check joins us we're happy to do always good to ha

rather i would say flexible a and with speed to do so i'm not always sure i see that in the russian armed forces. despite a nato advantage of more than three quarters of a trillion dollars spent by the alliance's combined military forces in a single year i'm talking about twenty fifteen you would struggle to win a conflict with russia how is that possible when you outspend them to this enormous degree well again i'm not accepting the basis of your hypothesis i'm not sure that we would actually lose because again we have a great deal of flexibility and adaptability that's why nato has succeeded all these years we have been able to adapt to new challenges when they come out us you think in succeeding with two thousand and eight the russians took a bite out of georgia after a lightning strike i know wasn't a nato member bows a nato partner in twenty fourteen in crimea you mentioned they moved in seas that since twenty fourteen russian forces either regular or contract troops have been operating with pretty near impunity in eastern ukraine ten thousand people have died so there's great that it's bei

aggressive police orders if you will be armed forces are now control of the state through sci fi and through with their own merits your power this is the highest square in twenty nineteen sixty supporters celebrate overturning changes that were hard one by thousands of anti-government protesters during the twenty eleven arab spring. after thirty years of president hosni mubarak's rule the constitution was amended to limit future presidents to two four year terms tuesday's referendum results change that to three six year terms which means sisi can now rule egypt until twenty twenty four and perhaps even to twenty thirty he will also have control over the appointment of judges and public prosecutors these constitutional amendments were rushed through very very quickly i'm not sure egyptians even knew what exactly they were voting on in fact the text wasn't even finalized until four days before the referendum was held preston says his supporters did everything they could to get people to the polls the even all free boxes of food in exchange for votes some people queued up for them acros

what we know is that very early in the morning of the song a group of armed forces of the young very national guard against the government. consume their lives for the moping and then they hated the lived a very good and safe within the air in the center of product as it's called like that of the old i'm from there with. the local one well you know calling going to the military to relatives of the village perry to the people of one point i can take to the streets they said that this is the first state the last case before they called operation freedom in order to get the president to any qualified or out of office it's very very difficult to know exactly what's happening in venezuela we know that the government is saying that there's an attempt to cool i don't see administration that they're trying to pretend and that it's being carried out but a very quick more group of members of the military not clear yet how big this actually is and how many people are we why don't right now we've known that in the past to the opposition for example has tried to enlarge you know when i'm going to