venezuela joining me now via skype from paris for more on this and the significance of the bric summit is brazil's former finance minister reza luis carlos press apparat thanks so much professor for governing on the show before we get to the brics summit is it your understanding there. washington was behind the coup in bolivia in the past few days i don't know formation that was close behind what's very clear is that there was a good at that even when i was also asked. now why not only because he was a nationalist and this is not present to the united states but also because he made a big mistake in the last election. there was a problem when they suspended for some time to counting and that there are clearly some intervention to the barrington to him. just to be elected to 1st he didn't that he did not need that but this we continue very much and this mistake it ended a. government that was very successful i think that a country like we needed as a country very difficult to get there is a country. in this country. what alice. 5 percent. every year does that 14 years. and there was steady that in

as the brics brazil wraps up the russian president stresses the organisation's importance for global. developing future markets. at least 2 people were killed in a high school shooting in california 3 others are injured suspects has been arrested. supporters of ousted president clash with police demanding the new government leave and bring the old one back.

as the brics brazil wraps up the russian president stresses the organisation's importance for global stability and developing future markets. at least 2 people were killed in a high school shooting in california 3 others are injured the suspect has been arrested. by supporters of ousted president clash with police demanding the new government leave and bring the old one back. your to international law daniel hawkins revue tuning in from tonight's welcome to the program. of lot of you putin has hailed the brics alliance as a vital factor for global stability the years of brazil russia india china and south africa have wound up their summit in brasilia with a focus on boosting their economic and political partnership. and reports from the brazilian capital. these have been 2 very busy days deliveries of bricks member states met here for 11 summit brought to bigger locations with them to have extensive talks speaking with the russian media calling all the meetings russia's president vladimir putin has stressed the group's influence and it will continue growing steadily as the lobel stab

who called the soft among the brics economies brazil russia india china and south africa are meeting in brasilia but this year's summit raises questions of whether the brics may have hit a wall. also on the show we look at nigeria's so-called sandwich generation young workers trying to start families while supporting their elders leaving little for themselves. and chooses berlin for its new european gigafactory. german engineering the facility is planned for the region near the new airport but did anyone tell him that hasn't gone well. this is the. one in berlin welcome a meeting between the leaders of brazil russia india china and south africa kicked off today in brasilia the so-called brics countries are trying to strengthen economic scientific and security cooperation not an easy task for rather divergent group especially economically china is miles away from the rest of the pack its gross domestic product exceeded 13 trillion dollars last year india's population is almost as high as china is but its g.d.p. was a 5th of that the next 2 are closer to each others levels brazil at $1.

we begin in brazil where day one of the annual bric summit is underway this wednesday russian president vladimir putin has arrived in brazil you know with all the leaders ready to get down to business the international grouping represents over 3000000000 people worldwide and seeks to develop economic and political cooperation. but there has been marked by protests 2 after supporters of venezuelan opposition leader one kwaito earlier storms the country's embassy in brasilia from where maria from ocean are now reports. i imagine as well embassy here in the city of brasilia in dayton i can tell you that the situation here on the ground is quite boring just a while ago there was a fight between the supporters of and as well as legitimate president nicolas maduro and those who own the site of the country's self-proclaimed leader who won why don't and before that some of he's supposed to manage to storm the building and get inside and right now we are receiving contradictory reports on who is in fact in charge of the embassy right now and the most interesting and important thing is that the l

as the brics brazil ramps up the russian president stresses the organizations importance for global stability and developing future market. supporters of bolivia's ousted president clashed with police demanding the new government leave and bring the old one back.

as the brics brazil rap songs the russian president stresses the organisation's importance for global stability and developing future markets. at least 2 people were killed in a high school shooting in california the republic suspect has been arrested in. the street violence in hong kong shows no sign of abating with a 2nd person killed as china urges the us to stop supporting the protesters. played a solo story said to r.t. dot com stay with us now for the financial news in the report will bring you the warning that news headlines in just about hours time. i am max kaiser this is the kaiser report did you know that there is a growing global helium shortage that's right the world is running out of helium you noticed on running out of paper money right stacy indeed you're not but you know what you need the helium because of all the paper money all the printing of money because helium is not only are the stock prices and everything going up up up like it's an a helium balloon but you need the helium balloon for the celebrations everybody celebrating president trump while we've been here

i mentioned are times you're going underground as leaders from brazil russia india china and south africa the bricsnations representing off the world's population meeting brazil yet their 11th annual summit to be the right wing coup. against the leader of neighboring bolivia evo morales coming up on the show what else is on the mind of brazilian leader higher balls than our own as his biggest political rival former president lula is released from prison we ask his defense lawyer and brazil's former finance minister what lewis freedom means for the future of brazil on the planet oliseh more coming up in today's going underground a 1st going underground team a back from damascus arriving before israel's reported attack on the syrian capital but aside from renewed israeli airstrikes in gaza the global south is turning their eyes to latin america not just the super power block of the 21st century brics meeting in brazil's capital the cia backed coup in south america's poorest country bolivia it comes as brazil's most popular politician louis if enough of the silver has been released from prison ignitin

the leaders of the brics emerging economies are in brazil for their annual summit aiming to strengthen their partnership is their. big fan of turkey's president as the 2 leaders meet in the white house key differences remain over the conflict in syria and to turkey's purchase of russian weapons. i'm sean thomas glad you're with us and we start with news from bolivia thousands of people are marching in the capital of refusing to accept the resignation of former leader demonstrators have clashed with police who responded with tear gas. well morality has fled to mexico along with many of his party members he stepped down on monday after weeks of violence triggered by claims his election victory was rigged also said he resigned the persecution of his allies describing events as a coup and violence looting and vandalism followed and some of his supporters are now saying they fear for their lives. they have carried out a coup d'etat against those as of last night we are living like a dictatorship times they are hunting our leaders they are hunting it's very likely that they will see me and w

investment as leaders from 5 major emerging economies are meeting for the 2nd day of the bric summit in brazil's capital xi jinping says threats across the world are also weighing down global growth the 11th annual bric summit in brasilia is happening with the backdrop of on rest and several south american countries a mammogram polo is live in brasilia for us so well tell us more about what's happening there right now. that's right houssam it's now day 2 of the bric summit here in brazil through the main points that we've heard from the 5 world leaders that are attending this summit are a renewed commitment to fair to international trade policies that are more open and and and sort of push away the idea of unilateralism opening up the playing field for more multilateral approach to international trade more multilateral commitments to anti-terrorism policies the same could be true about climate change policies a whole wide array of discussions that have been had but i want to give you a sense of the atmosphere here in the brazilian capital since the start of the summit take a listen. brazilian pr

investment and leaders from 5 major emerging economies are meeting for the 2nd day of the bric summit in brazil's capital xi jinping says threats across the wall are also weighing down global growth. the brics leaders issued a joint declaration where they set out their stance on global issues such as that commitment to the paris crime agreement reforming the world trade organization joins us live now from brasilia money how is the unrest in other latin american countries not least the power struggle in bolivia they do affect this summit. well luckily brazil has managed to avoid much of the type of unrest that we've seen in countries like bolivia she and ecuador over the course of the past month but it's been brazilian president now those position as a right of center conservative leader that's put him at odds with russia and china specifically on the question of venezuela and it and most recently as you mentioned here the question of bolivia the resignation of president ever mortalities of bolivia was applauded by the brazilian leader but it was also referred to as the cuckoo by by russia so it d

the world are also weighing down global growth brazil russia india china and south africa account for 50 percent of world economic growth the 11th annual bric summit in brazil it comes as protests and on rest rock several latin american nations. a sri lankans are preparing to vote in a presidential election on saturday got by our rajapaksa the brother of former president mahinda is a favorite to win his campaign on national security after the easter sunday suicide bombings that killed 263 people furnace smith reports and. mahinda rajapaksa is not running for president he's already served the maximum 2 terms yet he's the man these people have waited hours in the rain to see. it's his older less charismatic brother got a buyer who's on the ballot politics is a family business for the rajapaksa it's. got a buyer announced his candidacy after the easter sunday suicide bombings the targeted churches and hotels killing 263 people. we want to save the country and make it a safer place in the future. we're hoping that he's the one who can save the country for our children. as defense minister and president rajapaksa as were credited with crushing t

has eroded international trade and investment he made the comments on the 2nd day of the brics summit in brazil's capital on water up all over ports. the brazilian capital but. at the 11th annual international brics summit. the so-called brics nations comprised of brazil russia india china and south africa are considered the world's top 5 emerging economies. grade at one point during the summit chinese president xi jinping took subtle jabs at the united states saying tactics of quote bullying have eroded international trade and investment. see here you are i hope you will seize the opportunity rise to the challenges mobilize more resources from the business community and actively invest and do business in brics countries during the final plenary session russian president vladimir putin spoke about the common goals of this divergent group within the international community. brics states should take at leading role in the un with more initiative we should be more active in promoting a peaceful agenda we should be uniting like minded countries to resolve essential global and regional issues if those

this year brics group which is an acronym made of the 1st letters of its 5 member states brazil russia india china and south africa gather for an 11th time and for some really serious stuff. and impressive set of goals for an ambitious international group and the brics members have already voiced their big expectations under the strategic guidance of the leaders of the 5 countries the brics corporation has become increasingly cohesive with its influence constantly on the rise has served as both a stabilizing international turbulence and was example of a new type of international relations and it seems its influence is even more of this at the time off decline for so many others of such kind take the asia pacific economic cooperation for example the international summit that was set in chile where presidents trump and see jim ping we're expecting to sign a trade deal. the apec summit was suddenly cancelled because of unrest that has taxed the country's security forces. this is been a very difficult decision a decision that causes also a lot of pain because we fully understand the import

putin on wednesday in the 2nd since brazil's later took office will shed some light on how close these fears are to reality and will also answer the question of whether bricsis winning west for a bigger role in global decision making. power to you from brazil. privacy concerns being raised again with a federal inquiry open in the u.s. into google's latest efforts to collect data the tech giant says it's been harvesting personal information on the health of millions of americans and then sending it on to a medical care provider who will call to report. it wasn't too long ago that a person who thought he was being watched all the time might have been written off as a bit delusional but nowadays he'd be living in reality take google it's been secretly working with one of the world's largest health care non-profits to gather tens of millions of americans medical records the newly revealed initiative is called project nightingale and google claims there's no fell play to be clear under this arrangement ascensions data cannot be used any other purpose than for providing the services refer in under the agreement and patient data cannot and will not be combined wi

leaders of the brics emerging economies are in brazil for their annual summit aiming to strengthen their partnership party is out of the event. trump says he is a big fan of turkey's president to wine as the 2 leaders meet in the white house but the differences remain over the conflict in syria and turkey is purchase of russian weapons.

and the leaders of brics countries meeting in brazil you all say global trade tensions and policy uncertainty are diminishing confidence. and the bit officials accused of accepting millions of bribes from iceland's biggest fishing companies step down from office. this is the w. business i'm john meldrum. and in berlin welcome once upon a time mining was the biggest single driver of growth in south africa while the sector was badly hit by the global recession a decade ago that continues to play an all important role in the economy close to half a 1000000 people work in mining more than in any other industry it accounts for over 7 percent of total economic output and is a vital source of foreign currency coal and diamonds have traditionally been a mainstay of the industry but it's gold more than anything that has brought in the big bucks but the glistening battle isn't quite as big as an earner as it once was a little over a decade ago south africa was the world's largest gold producer now it's slipped away down the list ending up far behind countries like china australia and russia now south a

putin on wednesday the 2nd since brazil's later took office will shed some light on how close these theories are to reality and will also answer the question of whether bricsis weaning west for a bigger role in global decision making. from brazil. well before gas even started to arrive on the bric summit early on whedon's the morning the venice while an embassy in brasilia was stormed by supporters of venice wheeler's opposition leader one quite oh have attempted to as president nicolas maduro earlier in the year reports say a number of confrontations took place outside the diplomatic compound between prob why protesters on the embassies personnel military police were called in to intervene and aspect to note brazil recognizes why joe of the legitimate president of venice we have is appointed representative in brazil confirmed the incident saying employees of the embassy had opened the doors to a lot of protesters inside however officials for president maduro denali that stuff was had switched the legion's or favored the demonstrators have described the incident and invasion they have also called on the brazilian government to ensure diplomatic protection.

brazil russia india china and south africa the group of emerging markets known as brics are backing the idea of developing a common payment system russia annexed brics pairs have been looking for ways to decrease their dependence on the u.s. dollar and have been advocating using their national currencies in mutual trade the 5 brics nations have also discussed potentially creating a common crypto currency for payments as well these discussions of dollar izing are accelerating in the face of u.s. protectionist policies as countries fear the u.s. weaponize ing the dollar through the dominance of the network the us has previously used this west as a weapon before and 2014 when it blocked russian banks out of the network and recently the us also threatened to lock china out as well tensions between china and the us are mounting once again after phase one appears to be far from complete president xi jinping reiterated to the brics council that protectionism and bullying are harming the global economy and hurt international trade and investment and it intensified pressure on the global economy

and investment that is from 5 major emerging economies are meeting for the 2nd day of the bric summit in brazil's capital xi jinping as his threats across the world are also weighing down global growth. with more from brasilia the 2019 brics summit here in but us he is taking place at an especially tumultuous time for latin america and while brazil has managed to avoid much of that unrest that's taken place in countries like chile ecuador as well as bolivia the position of brazilian president jalal scenario has caused a rift between some of the countries within the brics community the position of the brazilian president on this specific question of venezuela and most recently the resignation of bolivian president evo morales has has has put brazil at odds with russia and china this has however not distracted from the focus of the brics summit itself today being the last day of the brics summit that was the signing of a non-binding declaration known as the but a declaration where it's a wide ranging document that explores everything from foreign policy to economic goals a more open free market for

watching of the international world mean it's great to have you with us but we begin in brazil where day one of the annual bric summit is underway this wednesday russian president vladimir putin has arrived in brazil with old leaders ready to get down to business the international grouping represents over 3000000000 people worldwide and 6 to develop economic and political cooperation. indian prime minister and around raimondi and chinese president xi jinping were among the 1st to arrive but the day has been marked with protests true after supporters of venezuelan opposition leader one quiet doe earlier stormed the country's embassy in brasilia. a large correspondence where if national is a bear for as will be going to her later in the program to get all the latest details. moving on fears of big brother watching your every move where once confined to works of fiction but now privacy concerns are being raised again with a federal inquiry opened in the u.s. over google's latest efforts to collect and share data the tech giant said it's been harvesting personal information on the health of millions of americans a

trade and investment as leaders from 5 major emerging economies meet for the 2nd day of the brics summit in brazil's capital xi jinping says threats across the world are also weighing down global growth the brics leaders issued a joint declaration where they set out their stance on global issues such as their commitment to the paris climate change agreement i was the headlines will have more news for you in about 25 minutes time i'll see you then coming up next on our it's time for the stream. welcome to the stream team has bought health benefits to millions of people of a tres but now there is a rising concern over potentially dangerous teens which claim to transform your body now at some of the most popular by celebrities on instagram. so you will look at the risks of drinking these teas and ask whether influencers are abusing the trust of their fans in your thoughts or twitter and you tube. that betty teeny blue teeth sales of the so-called detox drinks are rising around the world spurred by pay promotions from people like kim kardashian be am britney spears many consumers say they're happy to pa

russian leader vladimir putin who could be considered one of the founding fathers of the group that brazil's brics commitments are there to stay now apart from the huge investment and trade ambitions and between all the members of the brics nations are looking forward to create a common pavement system now this is being done to somehow do business in the country's own currencies and i can tell you that dethroning the dollar is something that the brics leaders have been talking about of for a while although something completely groundbreaking an idea that we heard here in brazil was the creation of a common crypto currency the journalist heard about it from one of russia's both weaker. nomic officials which is a real surprise given some of the attitude that we have known about in the past from the authorities of china and russia towards cryptocurrency now of course a great deal of attention was given to the speech of the man in charge of the biggest economy of race that is china and of course i'm talking about the chinese leader xi jinping his partial lud trade deal with the american president dona

putin on wednesday the 2nd since brazil's later took office will shed some light on how close these fears are to reality and will also answer the question of whether bricsis a winning quest for a bigger role in global decision making. our tea from brazil. shocking images of a version of israeli soldiers killing a palestinian man in the occupied west bank on monday 22 year old he was shot in the chest during protests in a refugee camp in the city of hebron or you may find this video coming upsetting. the. he was clearly unknown he left his house wearing slippers a group of soldiers in front of him or fired directly outside and they could see he was unarmed and holding a towel he wasn't threats to the metol they opened fire and then didn't try to help the distance between them and no more i was very short they just let lead to death and prevented other people from getting close and help and later on when his relatives and also journalists tried to help the soldiers fired live rounds and tear gas at us. israeli defense forces say that soldiers have been attacked by reuters some of whom are carrying petrol bombs it's unclear though whether ramadan we had be

to be the case given the declaration brazil now seems committed to this multilateral approach to foreign policy as well as as a sort of common goal among the brics nations to to to to form a more prominent role in global affairs a more prominent role when it comes to the united nations come on thank you manuel in brazil near the bric summit. protesters in hong kong have blocked many parts of the city for a 4th consecutive day. was very angry after 2 demonstrators were injured in tom fuentes joins with police one of them still in critical condition a 70 year old man died in hospital as well after he was hit by a brick during finding on wed in state schools are being kept shut until sunday no universities of counsel classes until the end of the year after violence on campuses. the race to become the next president of the united states has a new democratic contender former massachusetts governor deval patrick announced his late entry to the 2020 campaign trick made history when he became the 1st black governor of massachusetts back in 2007 his announcement comes less than 3 months before the iowa caucuses and the new hampshire primary which marked

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the brics summit in brazil wraps up the russian president stresses the organization's importance for global stability and developing future markets. at least 2 people were killed in a high school shooting in california 3 others already the suspects has been arrested. on the street violence in hong kong shows no sign of abating with a 2nd person killed as china urges the us the stop supporting the protesters. social media pages. into chinese activist. is the guest so if you are. welcome to so because visionaries mean so. contemporary art can be a very powerful social commentary with no further ado my guest today is legendary i way when. i waits really great to have you on our program today welcome thank you. so now that i have you here there are so many things that i want to ask you for instance your art mainly is. commentary on certain events as a reflection on things situations and that's understandable because you speak from your whole experience your whole life experience behind that art but. i just want to know your perception and. is it just important to have a cell for a quick

brazil's president jalal sonata once decried china as predatory now he's welcoming president xi jinping to the brics summit in brussels presidents of brazil russia india china and south africa are holding a 2 day meeting there which is expected to be a low key affair with technical discussions. and before we go for all of you who can't get enough of starbucks coffee well you can now take your addiction to the next level the world's biggest starbucks branches opening in chicago this week the 4 story building is a fully functioning grocery as well as a cafe a coffee beans are sent between floors through transparent to customers will be able to sample where coffee is from around the world through various brewing methods a massive coffee shop will employ around 200 people. and that's all for this edition of business i'm going to go read a coffee you can stay in touch on our website you w dot com slash business for more on the festival thank you very much for joining us today but. this republic it's a digital lab lithuania and its 80 sector. genius is a house for exciting new startups. young talents floc

it might be one of the most single important stories ignored by us media the brics alliance and the efforts by 5 nations brazil russia india china and south africa to cut the u.s. dollar out of the nation to nation trading thursday the bric summit wrapped up in brazil and some of what those leaders of those 5 nations had to say is pretty telling. i would suggest to increase the participation where credit is offered in local currency i believe that it would reduce cost and risk and would strengthen our currency these bonds. program so that in our next summit we can reach the goal of $500000000.00 of commerce intra brics we made a commitment that event should benefit not only brics member countries but should also be able to extend its horizons to the emerging markets and developing countries like our own countries or brics leaders also discuss creating a digital currency or even a crypto currency which could be used to get around the swiss banking system a u.s. dominated system for transferring money internationally. facebook is under fire yet again this time for him a day its members privacy it turns out that

trade and investment as leaders from 5 major emerging economies meet for the 2nd day of the bric summit in brazil's capital xi jinping is in threats across the world also weighing on global growth of brics leaders issued a joint declaration where they set out their stance on big issues like that commitment to the paris climate agreement and reform of the world trade organization bonnie rapido is following the force from her center. some of the main points that we've seen over the course of the last 48 hours has been a reinforcement of existing policies existing politics within these 5 countries the 5 brics countries the strengthening of partnerships when it comes to international security anti-terrorism policies questions of climate change as you mentioned a few of the main points that came out of the plenary session today with the signing of a wide ranging document that's called the declaration one being a diplomatic point calling for a diplomatic solution to the crisis to the ongoing conflict between israel and palestine and another one reaffirming the country's commitment the 5 countries commitm

as the brics summit in brazil wraps up the russian president stresses the organisation's importance for global stability and developing future markets. at least 2 people were killed in a high school shooting in california 3. suspects has been arrested. supporters of ousted president clashed with police demanding the new government leave the old one back.

states and china signing a phase one trade deal may have to wait at least beyond next week's bric summit in brazil.

states and china signing a phase one trade deal may have to wait at least beyond next week's bric summit in brazil the south china morning post is reporting that sources close to beijing say president xi jinping this trip to america's may be too soon for the 2 sides to prepare all of the particulars needed to finalize that portion of the deal officials from both sides have been working to find a location and date for a meeting between presidents donald trump and she since the cancellation of the apec summit in chile which was set for this month meanwhile chinese officials on wednesday offered an olive branch to india over the regional comprehensive economic partnership saying the trade pact would open the door for indian exports at the 11th hour india exit of the trade agreement between the asian nations which may be the world's largest trade deal citing a lack of benefits for the country chinese vice foreign minister leo chang said while they're moving forward with the deal india's concerns are not going on heard . so there won't be any problems for the 15 parties assigned the next year we are al

states and china signing a phase one trade deal may have to wait at least beyond next week's bric summit in brazil the south china morning post is reporting that sources close to beijing say president xi jinping this trip to americas may be too soon for the 2 sides to prepare all of the particulars needed to finalize that portion of the deal officials from both sides have been working to find a location and date for a meeting between president donald trump and she since the cancellation of the apec summit in chile which was set for this month meanwhile chinese officials on wednesday offered an olive branch to india over the regional comprehensive economic partnership saying the trade pact would open the door for indian exports at the 11th hour india exit of the trade agreement between the asian nations which may be the world's largest trade deal citing a lack of benefits for the country chinese vice foreign minister leo chang said while they're moving forward with the deal india's concerns are not going on heard . so there won't be any problems for the 15 parties assigned the next year we are also