downing street as a freedom of information request revealed a secret unit in dominick grabs a foreign office to reconstruct a neo liberal venezuela let's go straight to venezuela's capital caracas to speak to the world's most known oil rich nations foreign minister jorge who joins me now via skype thank you so much for being on the program once again obviously britain and the united states threatening china at the moment over hong kong but the murdoch wall street journal reporting that the u.s. government is threatening tankers from iran sailing to venezuela with sanctions what the legal threats have received arguably illegal for importing one and a half 1000000 barrels of gasoline from iran and other supplies during coronavirus we already use the threats and the sanctions and maximum pressure from the usa because they won't allow a country a people to have their own democracy their own modern their own system and specially with too much oil and too much natural resources which they need in the united states under a capitalist system so iran is also sanctioned because they want to have their

the documents of the of the cannery which we saw that they had the actual documents from the foreign office we conveyed the charge of the affairs duncan hero of the u.k. because the ambassador is not in venice were allowed the moment so we asked him if this was true why was this happening and he admitted it he accepted he said that in fact it was a unit that it's lead by a former ambassador to venezuela john savill the other 6 people working there that one is in charge of energy the other one is in charge of infrastructure the other one is in charge of climate change so. i said but this is unacceptable at least we should have heard from you the official information that you were willing to create such a thing it's a secret it's a confidential unit it's not public it's public because the cannery asked for the documents so he said you know you're you're misunderstanding this this is not to reconstruct anything i said how can it have that name the unit of reconstruction of venezuela what he said you're going to destroy venezuela you're going to bomb ben as well with the u.s. and then you're go

the foreign office hasn't advised uk visitors to leave immediately. who wish to avoid two weeks of self isolation on their return, now have less than 2a hours to get home. caroline davies, bbc news. ben's outside st pancras international station which is home to eurostar. good morning. so, we know there has been a lot of people looking at the website of trying to get back home to avoid quarantine? yes, you're absolutely right. what a busy 2a hours it could be. less than 2a hours it could be. less than 2a hours for people there, up to half a million british tourists currently in france right now. they have not got that much time to get back to avoid those rules that come into force at four o'clock tomorrow. we have already heard from eurotunnel, the company that brings people and cultures, buses and cars through the eurotunnel. they have said, don't turn up on the french side of the channel if you do not have a booking oi’ channel if you do not have a booking or haven't amended your existing booking. people felt may be a little bit safer being able to

theyjoin other holiday destinations including spain and france to which the foreign office advises against travel. in croatia, there is sun, sea and now stress for those aiming to get home before the deadline. i should have been going to france last weekend and due to the quarantine on france, i changed my flight to croatia. my daughter's fiance and his family all live here. but she booked me a flight home tomorrow in case this did happen. many of the 20,000 british tourists in croatia will also be heading to the airport. 0thers, though, are resigned to isolation when they return to the uk. i think we'lljust stay and then go back and then have to quarantine. and with the british government prepared to add or remove countries from its list of travel corridors at short notice, it's not the easiest time for those looking to get away from it all. simon jones, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent, helen catt is at westminster. a lot of unhappy travellers but the government will say, well, we warned you we would have to take these decisions at short notice. yes, and we have now seen this patter

with 43 tons of medical aid and emergency housing took off from berlin saturday night germany's foreign office is supporting the mission with 1500000 euros. at least 10 coronavirus patients have died in a fire in a makeshift hospital in the southern indian state of. officials said the blaze in the multistory hotel building was caused by an electrical short circuit is the 2nd fire at an indian coronavirus facility just this month. the japanese city of nagasaki has marked the 75th anniversary of the u.s. atomic bombing their participants held a minute of silence to remember the 70000 people killed in the attack the bombing came 3 days after the other atomic bombing of hiroshima 'd which led to japan's until ation ending the 2nd world war just 6 days later. the afghan government says it is quote on the verge of peace talks in its war with the taliban after tribal leaders agreed to release $400.00 prisoners. a traditional meeting of afghan tribal elders and other prominent stakeholders decided on the release in order to remove the last obstacle to real peace talks the islamist taliban which still

already a very dangerous profession here i mean gold here is my assumption at 3 kilometers a foreign office death. prioress on top of it yet and that's what makes that union say this is becoming a very dangerous business in south africa and are we seeing any responses to these dangers is there any more effort to protect miners. then there are units that have to push. kind of the. ties in the hands and are trying to make sure that my markets don't work too close together companies to provide face must they have already 1st. take. tests last is very difficult for a lot of them up. all right and that's less. and less fun gelder they're joining us from cape town a difficult connection there we apologize for that. moving over to india the coronavirus death toll continues to rise and globally it's india that's leading in daily deaths in new infections the country has been in and out of lockdown weighing the fight against the virus with its effect on the economy. teles markets and shops have sprung back to life since coronavirus restrictions for ease recently but one question is increasingly on pe

again, the foreign office, if they banning nonessential travel that means your insurance will cover you for the trip. if you still go, which the government does not want you to go ideally, then you are taking maximum risk. that's not something you should be doing when you go in on any trip whether it be for business or front leisure. especially if there is a medical issue that emerges when you would end up footing the bill. yes protecting uk citizen and obviously you need to protect yourself by not ignoring that advice wasn't lisa, you have already touched on this. let's a nswer you have already touched on this. let's answer this question, this is about car insurance. will car insurance still be valid if driving my own car in france if the uk has advised that you should not travel there? yes, as i said earlier, a colleague of mine is just about to go. obviously, you're going to have to check with their own car insurance provided. every provider will be different. i do know my colleague she was confirmed to actually have absently fine, her car is covered while she's travelling abroad. ve

chief mouser, he is retiring from the british foreign office of parliament. yes. chief mouser, announced he is retiring to spend more time relaxing away from the limelight. this cat is known for going around the foreign office's headquarters in london. >> cat is such a derogatory term. this is sir simon mcdonald, i think. just kidding, that's sir chief mouse tore you. >> that was his letter to retire. he had to send a letter to sir simon mcdonald. >> hoy just called a cat. >> right, he is a call cat, though. >> sorry. >> hey, the cat is retiring, that's the gist of it. >>> you know who else retired, i'm done flying? this pigeon who hitched a ride on top of a police cruiser in the czech republic. he was done. he was like, you know what, walking is for the birds, i'm going to catch a ride with the cops. because guess what? when there's sirens around, they get through traffic lights. >>> from that bird over to this tiny little creature. it's a glider. it's a mine school baby fairy feather tail glider getting his drink on out of a thumbnail of milk. >> you can't look

the foreign office hasn't advised uk visitors to leave immediately.h to avoid two weeks of self isolation on their return, now have less than 2a hours to get home. caroline davies, bbc news. ben thompson's outside st pancras international station which is home to eurostar. and our europe correspondent gavin lee is in le havre for us. let'sjoin ben let's join ben thompson first. what is the reaction to this latest decision? as you would expect, planes, trains, ferries much busier this morning, and more expensive as people try to get back in time, less than 2a hours until the quarantine rule comes into force, as you heard there, 4am tomorrow. many will be trying to get back to avoid a 14 day lockdown that they will have to do on the return and remember, the quarantine rules much stricter, tougher, than those of lockdown, very few reaso ns tougher, than those of lockdown, very few reasons you are allowed to leave your home if you are in that self—imposed 14 day quarantine. but asi self—imposed 14 day quarantine. but as i said, expect them to be busy but

germany's foreign office is warning against unnecessary trips to this region because of a rising number of cases. it already issued travels. new zealand has registered its first infection in more than 100 days with four people from one household testing positive. auckland has been placed under a new lockdown following that outbreak. the worldwide film industry has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. social distancing means sinless can function and movies can't be made. especially those including fight scenes or love scenes. many hollywood movie studios have shut down altogether, leleaving more than 100,000 peoe without work. >> this is the closest that he has bent action in a while. gibson has been a stuntman in hollywood for 35 years but coronavirus means there is barely any filming anymore. so great is the risk of onset infection, bringing expensive productions to a halt. >> i haven't been on a movie set in five or six months. it has been terrible, nobody is working. they are very lucky to have a nice side income going on. >> gibson has started giving rodeo lessons and rents ou

this is how queen elizabeth the 2nd now greets diplomats and guests in the foyer of the british foreign office. the oil painting is the work of artist newly misc of it she met the monarch in person twice once at buckingham palace in the heart of the british capital. for the queen in particular i think what's fascinating about painting houses you're possibly painting. the best known face in the world and actually that's not an easy thing to do 3 miscavige spent an hour all together with the queen it was a special honor for her mother as british had found it astonished painter she's quite a powerful this will pass and really that's that was my 1st impression and also very quickly cause a sense of something was very grounded very natural and that she has a very very sharp sense of humor very close to the surface all the time which is really lovely. the artist worked on her trip here in her studio in south london it took a total of 7 months to complete from the 1st sketch to the finished painting she painted the face last the biggest challenge and the biggest worries getting getting her right and

the foreign office is now warning but all but essential travel to france —— warning against.iam, uk time, on saturday. if you do decide to travel, you'll face a 14 day quarantine when you return. as for why now, the department of transport says there has been a 66% increase in newly reported cases per hundred thousand people in france since last friday. for the netherlands, it was up 52%. france european affairs minister said there will be a reciprocal measure. those of holidays booked are now weighing up whether to go or cancel, while many visitors in france face a race to get back to the uk. those who run the eurotunnel have a ready said they do not have the capacity to bring everyone home in time. we are already pretty much fully booked tomorrow, this is peak season, summer holidays, people are returning on friday night to get back home. and so we just haven't got the space to ta ke we just haven't got the space to take everybody who might suddenly want to come up to the coast. so what we're saying to people is amend your booking online, make sure there is space before you

cafes at midnight and banning more than four people at restaurant tables, advice shared on the foreign officeons about whether there should be localised quarantine for certain high—risk regions, rather than entire countries. if there is enough evidence to suggest that it is a hotspot and that the social distancing measures cannot be maintained adequately, then there is a case for people not to mix in those destinations. it is not currently the government policy to enforce quarantine for regions, islands or cities. as uk holiday—makers return home, public health officials are keeping a close eye on new infections. labour has called for next summer's a level and gcse exams in england to be delayed — by up to two months — to allow pupils more time to catch up on lost teaching time after schools were closed during the pandemic. the shadow education secretary, kate green, said pupils have a "mountain to climb" to prepare for exams after months away from the classroom. the uk government has insisted exams will go ahead next year. tony bonsignore reports. it's only been a few weeks since this year's

downing street as a freedom of information request revealed a secret unit in dominick grabs a foreign office to reconstruct a neo liberal venezuela let's go straight to venezuela's capital caracas to speak to the world's most known oil rich nations foreign minister jorge who joins me now via skype thank you so much for being on the program once again obviously britain and the united states threatening china at the moment over hong kong but the murdoch wall street journal reporting that the u.s. government is threatening tankers from iran sailing to venezuela with sanctions what illegal threats have have you received arguably illegal for importing one and a half 1000000 barrels of gasoline from iran and other supplies during coronavirus we already use the threats and the sanctions and maximum pressure from the us a.

foreign office for the sanctions with london stating they've been at the forefront of the battle against cyber warfare globally and they themselves have identified some of these individuals and entities responsible for these alleged cyber attacks it's not entirely clear at this stage what exact evidence the e.u. has provided to link these individuals and entities through these cyber attacks nor of course if there are any assets or accounts to actually freeze it is clear though that this is a strong show of force from the european union at the expense of the usual familiar suspects russia china and north korea seemingly at the expense of any improvement in relations with moscow. a quarter of a lower into the program still to come donald trump changes his mind on security arrangements in the protested city of portland we pricked on that story and more after the break. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. you're back with r.t. presidential person and he will bomb the popular ch

cafes, at midnight and banning more than four people at restaurant tables, advice shared on the foreign officeabout whether there should be localised quarantine for certain high—risk regions rather than entire countries. if there is enough evidence to suggest that it's a hot spot and that the social distancing measures cannot be maintained adequately, then there is a case for people not to mix in those destinations. it's not currently the government policy to enforce quarantine for regions, islands or cities. as uk holiday—makers return home, public health officials are keeping a close eye on new infections. caroline davies, bbc news. joining me now is simon calder, travel editor at the independent. news about this flight from zante has taken a while to come out, hasn't it? it was actually last tuesday. what do you think went wrong on this flight? clearly it is i was going to be a challenge for any member of cabin crew who is on a late evening flight from the party island like a beef that of indeed za nte island like a beef that of indeed zante which has a lot of exuberant young people and ver

foreign office for the sanctions with london stating they've been at the forefront of the battle against cyber warfare globally and they themselves have identified some of these individuals and entities responsible for these alleged cyber attacks it's not entirely clear at this stage what exact evidence the e.u. has provided to link these individuals identities through the cyber attacks nor of course if there are any assets or a cow to actually freeze it is clear though that this is a strong show of force from the european union at the expense of the usual familiar suspects russia china and north korea seemingly at the expense of any improvement in relations with moscow. thanks for joining us here on earth the international web back at the top of the hour. is you'll be via reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe from. the isolation from the full community. are you going the right way or are you being led so. direct. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or a maybe in the shallows. thinking of

foreign office for the sanctions with london stating they've been at the forefront of the battle against cyber warfare globally and they themselves have identified some of these individuals and entities responsible for these alleged cyber attacks it's not entirely clear at this stage what exact evidence the e.u. has provided to link these individuals and entities through these cyber attacks nor of course if there are any assets or accounts to actually freeze it is clear though that this is a strong show of force from the european union at the expense of the usual familiar suspects russia china and north korea seemingly at the expense of any improvement in relations with moscow thanks for joining us there on r.t. international we're back at the top of the hour with all the latest headlines. gandhian by north sami people because they copied him he's so good that even such a bad puppy is sending. i'm not killed to tell anybody and. i'm here to find the next guy. who looked up live on. sunday and fell to feed the dog she even dumped the attempt . to deflect some 40 c.e.o. thing is a deflecti

foreign office were also quick to voice their concern with this statement. i am deeply concerned by reports that russian opposition leader alexina violently has been poisoned on a flight to moscow and is now in a coma in intensive care my thoughts are with him and his family. so it looks like the cause and the blame have already been attributed here in this case that's taking place before any of the facts are written at this moment looks like everything is being done to take care of say the botany and his health it began with the unscheduled landing in the city of scans it continued with prompt emergency services and according to reports and that is receiving all the help that's a scary and his doctors and also in constant close contact with their colleagues in moscow. stay across those developments for us thank you. russia analyst martin mccauley believes the poisoning rumors make a great story for the western media. novelli is quite a hero in the west and he seen as a very powerful opponent well good team of putin so from the western border of your many we

in the service, they now say that a period outside, most recently as political director of the foreign officene who's got to run that service. they want people to be known around whitehall and in that position, he clearly was, in downing street and all the other key customers, as they see it, for secret intelligence, they want somebody who flits easily, who is not too ingrained in the culture of secrecy and tradecraft and will step blinking onto the stage of being a chief of the service, perhaps ill—equipped to take on all the demands. in terms of his experience and portfolio, there's no doubt, when we look at what's happened in the last couple of months in the uk, that reshaping of intelligence around the chinese target is going to be critical. russia, of course, we heard last week about the russia reports in the sense that perhaps the intelligence services had been complacent, that was the accusation from the intelligence and security committee at parliament. and lastly, i think he's bound to bring a focus on the mediterranean region. he is steeped in turkey as a culture, he speaks turkish

most populous states he urged regional leaders to increase testing and contact tracing germany's foreign office is warning citizens against unnecessary trips to madrid and spain's basque region due to a rising number of cases there it's already issued travel warnings for barcelona and to other northern regions new zealand has registered its 1st infection in more than 100 days with 4 people from one household testing positive oakland has been placed under a new lockdown following that outbreak the world wide film industry has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic social distancing means cinemas cannot function and movies can't be made especially those including fight scenes or love see so many hollywood movie studios have shut down altogether leaving more than 100000 people without work. this is the closest deal gibson has been to action in a while came the cattle on his ranch north of los angeles gibson has been a stunt man in hollywood for 35 years but come on the virus means there is barely any filming anymore so great is the risk of onset infections bringing expensive productions to a ha

in the service, they now say that a period outside, most recently as political director of the foreign officeho's got to run that service. they want people to be known around whitehall and in that position, he clearly was, in downing street and all the other key customers, as they see it, for secret intelligence, they want somebody who flits easily, who is not too ingrained in the culture of secrecy and tradecraft and will step blinking onto the stage of being a chief of the service, perhaps ill—equipped to take on all the demands. in terms of his experience and portfolio, there's no doubt, when we look at what's happened in the last couple of months in the uk, that reshaping of intelligence around the chinese target is going to be critical. russia, of course, we heard last week about the russia reports in the sense that perhaps the intelligence services had been complacent, that was the accusation from the intelligence and security committee at parliament. and lastly, i think he's bound to bring a focus on the mediterranean region. he is steeped in turkey as a culture, he speaks turkish extr

foreign office were also quick to voice their own concerns and they made this statement i am deeply concernedby reports that russian opposition leader alexina valley has been poisoned on a flight to moscow and is now in a coma in intensive care my thoughts are with him and his family. so it looks like the cause and the blame have both already been attributed so without all the facts being in so far so what do we know of extent of ali who is also known as the leader of the moscow protests movements while he became ill on the flight to the russian capital from the city off. and the plane had to make an unscheduled landing and that he was promptly taken to the hospital to the emergency room and where he is still right now and according to recent reports he is in a coma now he was briefly connected to a ventilator but according to some reports from the hospital he's now breathing on his own now the popular bloggers associates well they believe that he was actually a poisoned and they he they already demanded that a criminal investigation be launched however it's doctors who were able to stabilize

foreign office for the sanctions with london stating they've been at the forefront of the battle against cyber warfare globally and they themselves have identified some of these individuals and entities responsible for these alleged cyber attacks it's not entirely clear at this stage what exact evidence the e.u. as per. why did to link these individuals and entities through the cyber attacks of course of throw any assets or a cow to actually freeze it is clear though that this is a strong show of force from the european union at the expense of the usual familiar suspects russia china and north korea seemingly at the expense of any improvement in relations with moscow although is there a lot for this news bulletin but the programs keep coming find out what's showing wherever you are in the world today after the shortest of breaks live from moscow this is r.t. international. we go to work so straight home. thinking of getting a new phone the ones we got in here she'll come around why is he didn't know until he was trapped in this tiny little wired how much are we going to need a crate with

again, the foreign office, if they banning nonessential travel that means your insurance will cover youimum risk. that's not something you should be doing when you go in on any trip whether it be for business or front leisure. especially if there is a medical issue that emerges when you would end up footing the bill. yes protecting uk citizen and obviously you need to protect yourself by not ignoring that advice wasn't lisa, you have already touched on this. let's a nswer you have already touched on this. let's answer this

the foreign office is advising against all but essential travel to the three countries, as well as spainch still remain on the quarantine list. ministers acknowledge there is a risk to summer travel plans, but the public must take some responsibility. it's right that we keep things under review, and if we think that we can improve our health security by making these changes, of course, it's the right thing for us to do so. so, people should just constantly look at the guidance, see what we're saying, and then make the best decisions that they can, knowing that we are living in uncertain times. the measures are frustrating, and not everybody thinks they‘ re totally effective. what really drives the dynamic of the epidemic are the measures that are set up locally, meaning, wearing a mask, avoiding large gatherings of people and adding very efficient detection system, contact tracing system. some good news, though — anybody arriving in england and wales from brunei and malaysia no longer needs to self—isolate, after a decrease in confirmed covid—19 cases there. john mcmanus, bbc news. 0ur p

foreign office for the sanctions with london stating they've been at the forefront of the battle against cyber warfare globally and they themselves have identified some of these individuals and entities responsible for these alleged cyber attacks it's not entirely clear at this stage what exact evidence the e.u. has provided to link these individuals and entities through these cyber attacks nor of course if there are any assets or a cow to actually freeze it is clear though that this is a strong show of force from the european union at the expense of the usual familiar suspects russia china and north korea seemingly at the expense of any improvement in relations with moscow and that i had lines for you this morning we're back in 30 minutes with the latest with either. the world is driven by a dream shaped past and person. thinks . we fear to ask. 54 jets and more than 1300 military personnel are headed to air force base in alaska where is that to say come on i'll show you what's the reason for any type of enhanced u.s. military presence in this area russia. what is it suddenly about the

the bbc has learned that foreign office officials expected british iranian nazanin zaghari—ratcliffere her freedom in 2017 appears to have been linked to the repayment of a multi—million pound debt to iran, but the money was never paid. mrs zaghari ratcliffe has already served four years in prison. the revelation comes in a bbc panorama investigation into the fate of dual british—iranian citizens detained in iran and accused of spying. darragh macintyre reports. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was returning to the uk with her daughter after a holiday in iran when she was arrested in april 2016. she was convicted on spying charges that have been widely condemned as baseless, and sentenced to five years in jail. successive british governments and officials have raised her case with iran without result. her husband richard ratcliffe, reunited with their daughter last year, believes his wife is being held hostage. i would absolutely believe that hostagetaking is a tool of iranian diplomacy. it has become normalised as an acceptable thing to do. the us government agrees. it says nazanin zaghari

he is suspected of colluding with foreign offices. as offices have been rated. >>> hundreds of protesters swept through downtown area and exchanged fire with police officers. officers stopped several people near the main shopping strip after five hours of widespread looting protest. shots were fired and a squad car was hit. no injuries have been reported and it is unclear what sparked the protest. >>> in portland, protesters return to the police association. demonstrations continued for almost 2 months since the killing of george floyd and people marched from the park to the police association building, creating blockades with dumpsters along the way. authorities declared a riot and made two arrest. >>> eight were arrested during protests in phoenix overnight. demonstrators and police clashed at police headquarters and the event was organized as a remembrance of [ audio cutting in and out ] and ferguson, missouri. >>> a judge has begun questioning the heads of the country's security forces. that follows last week's devastating blast. s

restau ra nt ta bles, and banning more than four people at restaurant tables, advice shared on the foreign officeut whether there should be localised quarantine for certain high—risk regions rather than entire countries. if there is enough evidence to suggest it's a hot spot and that social distinction measures cannot be maintained adequately, then there is a case for people not to mix in those destinations. it's not currently the government policy to enforce quarantine for regions, islands or cities. as uk holiday—makers return home, public health officials are keeping a close eye on new infections. caroline davies, bbc news. and just a reminder. you can stay up to date with the coronavirus epidemic on our live page. there you can check the latest developments, see reaction as it happens and get instant analysis from our correspondents and experts. you can watch video clips and live coverage of events as they happen. visit bbc.co.uk/news or go to the bbc news app. labour has called for next summer's a level and gcse exams in england to be delayed by up to two months, to allow pupils more time to

foreign office for the sanctions with london stating they've been at the forefront of the battle against cyber warfare globally and they themselves have identified some of these individuals and entities responsible for these alleged cyber attacks it's not entirely clear at this stage what exact evidence the e.u. has provided to link these individuals and entities through these cyber attacks nor of course if there are any assets or a cow to actually freeze it is clear though that this is a strong show of force from the european union at the expense of the usual familiar suspects russia china and north korea seemingly at the expense of any improvement in relations with moscow thanks for joining us here on r.t. enter national and days they were there you know neil will be here with the latest in 30 minute. if there was competition or free market competition in drugs in america the price would be low that's the beauty of free market capitalism the fact that you don't have free market capitalism for drug prices in america shows you have an entrenched . or monopoly and they gouge it's price go