embassy staffers caught trying to take in the empty mortar shell through an airport in moscow russia's foreign ministry calls it an act of provocation. and u.s. house of representatives passes a bill to counter the influence of so-called.

before any proper investigation had even began could have at least merited some cooperation with moscow russia offered to help over and over again but that fell on deaf ears the u.k. rushing to blame russia without establishing facts here's the british prime minister just a week after the poisoning while the investigation lasted months the government has concluded that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the act against . the script and motive apart from it had to be russia motives behind the poisoning are yet to be adequately clarified who benefited from script surviving who would have benefited if he had died and why also if it was russia what was the point of it all anyway if you have those questions to best keep them to yourself doubting the official narrative as one of you so don't reporting from london and associate with r.t. donald trump puts in a crowd pleasing performance at a conservative conference in the united states gets huge cheers as he lashes out at the russian collusion narrative we'll have more on that story after this break stay tuned it out international. j

russia's foreign ministry says moscow hasn't been given all of the simplest of questions regarding the poisoning of russian. proposal on his daughter in the u.k. back in march one year on the finger still being pointed out russia auntie's a necessary show to kind of looks back at the story. sure you must be tired of hearing about it bods let's give credit where credit is due move over brags that chaos this group paul saga was the story of twenty it had all the workings of a detective bestseller curious enough to grip the media for months on end state sponsored attempted murder poisoned with a nerve agent russian state involvement and probably that this. makes these ingredients well russian villainy a toxic nerve agent with a decidedly russian name that used to be developed in the soviet era and by a handful of other countries too but you can ignore that for the purposes of a good story and the spy story writes itself right accusations assumptions leaks a hungry search for any juicy details unraveling for viewers to marvel at on t.v. screens and newspaper front pages the world over here

sanctions on russia over. moscow keeps ignoring president for russian troops to leave the south american country. and asked a lot from. thanks for joining us this hour. should have been britain's first day outside the european union in half a century instead of this though the country's hurtling towards a hard and many of the remaining twenty seven nation bloc say no deals. the most likely outcome u.k. has less than two weeks to decide which path to take to avoid crashing out on april twelfth russell says it is a definitive plan from west before it can grant a further extension to the divorce process if necessary on friday britain's prime minister faced a third defeat with all agreements in the house of commons the latest news she's now looking for a fourth getting it through. the implication of the house's decision. the legal default now is the united kingdom is due to leave the european union on the twelfth of april in just fourteen days time mr speaker i fear we are reaching the limits of this. sess in this house

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trying to take an empty mortar shell through an airport in moscow russia's foreign ministry calls it an act of provocation. and u.s. house of representatives. in the election process. should be happening and. it's legal. to have you with us the venezuelan capital has been gripped by rival marches for and against president maduro opposition supporters voiced their anger over food and medicine shortages along with a nationwide blackout and self-proclaimed interim leader. dressed to the crowd calling on foreign powers to bring down the government. thank you did a solution to excess . we crushed the coup attempt. to try to fabricate this whole show claiming the military would join but there is only one answer yes to loyalty and no to betrayal and that mr though is a clown a puppet in the criminal. the battle over the venezuelan presidency has dragged on since january but nicolas maduro is still in power and it seems washington while being the first to back up position leader by doa has no back up plan to put him in office or to easy go down of as commentary the us is back to square one o

airport in moscow russia's foreign ministry calls it an act of provocation. and the u.s. house of representatives passes a bill to counter the so-called dark money in the election process. that should be happening and it's see. it's legal illegal. broadcasting. international thomas glad to have you with us. the venezuelan capital has been gripped by rival marches for and against president. voicing their anger over food and medicine shortages along with a nationwide blackout and a self-proclaimed interim leader won by doe addressed the crowd calling on foreign powers to bring down the government. thank you so you feel safe thank . you crush the coup attempts. we try to fabricate this whole show claiming the military will join with there is only one answer yes to loyalty and no to the trail and that medicine is a clown pocket in the criminal. the battle over the venezuelan presidency has dragged on since january but nichols monroe is still in power and it seems washington while being the first to back opposition leader has no backup plan to put him in office r.t. as you go

the us embassy staffers caught trying to take mortar shells through an airport in moscow russia's foreign ministry calls it of provocation. the u.s. house of representatives passes a bill to counter the influence of so-called dark money the election process. should be happening and it's a deeply complicated. legal illegal. broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our team international glad to have you with us. the venezuelan capital has been gripped by rival marches for and against president maduro opposition supporters voiced their anger over food and medicine shortages along with a nationwide blackout and self-proclaimed interim leader addressed the crowd calling on foreign powers to bring down the government. thank you to a solution to. the moon will be crushed the coup attempts. germany and they try to fabricate this whole show claiming the military would join but there is only one answer yes to loyalty and no to the trail and that mr right though is a clown pocket in the criminal. the battle over the venezuelan presidency has dragged on since january but nicolas maduro i

take an empty mortar shell through an airport in moscow russia's foreign ministry calls it an act of provocation. and the u.s. house of representatives passes a bill to counter the influence of so-called dark money in the election process. should be happening in. the united states. it's legal. or broadcasting live. international thomas glad to have you with us. right now the venezuelan capital has been gripped by rival marches for and against president maduro opposition supporters voiced their anger over food and medicine shortages along with a nationwide blackout and claimed interim leader addressed the crowd calling on foreign powers to bring down the government thanks to the solution to thank . we crush the coup attempts. try to fabricate this whole show claiming the military would join. but there is only one answer yes to loyalty and no to betrayal and that medicine is a crown pocket in the criminal. the battle over the venezuelan presidency has dragged on since january but nicolas maduro is still in power and it seems washington while being the first to back opposition leader ha

has every right to be infamous away land that's a response here in moscow after donald trump sat russia has to get out he said language between russia and the united states about fairness a way law has been exchanged since two russian military cargo planes arrived in caracas last weekend carrying around hundred military personnel and equipment immediately there was talk about a possible russian military intervention but as some have pointed out to cargo planes wouldn't make an intervention very effective moscow immediately sat there was nothing mysterious about the mission they were only there for maintenance work and it was all within the scope of bilateral relations between the two countries the foreign affairs spokeswoman said that it wouldn't change the balance of power in the region and that russia isn't threatening anyone unlike the united states but still there's a lot at stake for russia invaded kuwait the russian oil company of us nafta has invested around nine billion u.s. dollars in the country and also politically venezuela is an important foothold for president putin in sou

alongside russia's foreign minister let's go now to moscow where step pozen is live for us so what is the highlight from from this press conference from these talks. well it was a very lengthy and strong worded confirmation of support from russia for the government of nicolas maduro and this was very important in the light of the loss of the russian resolution yesterday in the security council which basically had to show support for nicolas maduro russia lost this draft resolute the resolution would only for vote but for the foreign minister here in moscow sat he stands for russia's stance very firm in what he called a cynical campaign to topple the legal government in venezuela and he said russia supports a peaceful solution it wasn't very clear on how concrete the support will be from russia one of the most concrete measures that were announced during this press conference was the move of the head office to european had office of the state oil company from venezuela which is based in lisbon right now this will move to moscow because the vic

us embassy staffers contracting to take an empty mortar shell through an airport in moscow russia's foreign ministry calls it an act of provocation. and the u.s. house of representatives passes a bill to counter the influence of so-called dark money in the election process.

course needs all the support he possibly can get and russia has been his most vocal supporter until now the timing of the vice president's visit to moscow is interesting because only on thursday yesterday russia lost a vote on a resolution basically getting support from a dural and basically his control over international aid that food only got that the resolution only got four votes of course which is quite a dramatic loss but still foreign minister lavrov has said today again that it's for russia stands firm in its support for do and also says that this is a coward ish attempt to topple a legally elected government and he also said that he knows that the united states has plans for military intervention that the united states is basically buying weapons in the eastern european countries as and has some kind of see syria like scenario scenario in venice away so he says everything needs to be done to be to stop that and not a single country neighboring country in the if in as well as support a scenario like that of course russia has a lot of stake in venezuela not only militarily but also canonically they put a lot of money billions of

states won't tolerate foreign military powers meddling let's move on though what's moscow fishley had to say about russia in fact is saying that there's nothing out of the ordinary going on in fact moscow has pointed out that it has a deal a cane agreement struck back all the way back in two thousand and one with venezuela that allows russia to send a small contingent not of its combat troops but of advisors to the country and i mean it makes sense in the way that venezuela has historically been a. massive customer like a major customer for moscow's for russia's military hardware so you need russia's personnel in there for just for venezuelan military to be able to learn you know the ropes over how the very elaborate russia's military defense systems work like for example anti missile defense systems and so on and so forth also motion to has also moscow excuse me has added that all along it has in this in this crisis i should say with venezuela it has been acting in strict accordance with international law and in fact that was one of the things that has prevented washington's intervention into it this is

embassy staffer is caught with a mortar shell in his luggage at a moscow airport russia calls the incident a provocation but washington plays it down saying there was no danger to passengers and the man as the country. i mean u.s. house of represented.

meeting between the country's president russia's foreign minister here in moscow. russian and u.s. resolutions being rejected at the u.n. security council as the political crisis in the american country continues. finally we have reached the combination of the miracle worker. by voting against the resolution some members of the council continue to shield his cronies. also coming up on the program the united nations feels to meet this year's budget for yemen holding a pledging event for the countries involved in the conflict. fights for political survival after his former attorney general says she was pressured to quash corruption case. live from moscow to the world this is r.t. international my names you know neal good to have your company this hour's top story president nicolas maduro has ordered the european headquarters of the country state oil company to relocate. venezuela's vice president the decision during a news briefing with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov listening to all our correspondent. a lot said a lot of ramifications break it down for us if you will. first

march eighteenth twenty fourteen he welcomed crimea's leaders to moscow that the two sides signed an agreement making crimea part of russia or again for moscow a cause for celebration for the ukrainian government and the international community an illegal act you're watching datable you news coming up next as reporter with a look at students striking for climate change american abstain from me and the entire team thanks for watching. or so we're. going to. carol subscribe don't miss out. later.

with regard to moscow, russia's role, we welcome positive russian role that facilitates reconciliation, that facilitates a peace settlement, that facilitates an inter-afghan dialogue. i have said repeatedly to counterparts around the world that i'm not seeking to monopolize the diplomacy of peace. the president of the united states, we have interests. we have values that we stand for. we want a peace agreement in afghanistan. we want to see the war end. we want to see the war end this year. let's declare this year the year of peace in afghanistan. anyone that would like to help is welcome. we'll give them all the credit they deserve. so i'm not looking at it to exclude anyone that wants to play a positive role but will thank everyone who will play a positive role and give them the credit they deserve. >> we have enough time for three more questions if they're brief and if the answers are typically brief. sir? >> thank you so much. i was really hoping you'd pick me. i'm from george mason university. for the longest time, whether it's from european union, even the pakistanis, what i've h

move the office of an israel a state owned oil and gas company from lisbon and told to go to moscow in russia in what may luke like yet another nice gesture off frost and support between the two countries is also an attempt to protect its interests this is what it is well as vice president i had to say about that. actually relations and i would like to say that. president module row instructed us. instructed elizabeth lisbon. office of our oil company to close the office there in lisbon and move it to. a lot of course has been said about a possibility of open military intervention in venezuela of course this is after america's president donald trump has said that all options are on the table and that means that included military operations both minister lavrov and vice president of the league is to have expressed their confirmed concern sorry and fear is about that let's now listen to what madame of the biggest had to say. you know word dialogue at all only calling and demanding for early presidential election of venezuela that's all it contains this position is not constructive that's near c

threatens russia with further sanctions if moscow refuses to pull its troops out of venezuela. either thanks for choosing r.t. international this weekend for your new song called embrace the r.t. new center in moscow right now eight pm this saturday night first for you then this should have been the first day for britain outside the european union half a century but instead the u.k. has seen a week of chaos and confusion over the divorce deal and with no consensus among m.p.'s fears are mounting over a so-called hard on april the twelfth many of the remaining twenty seven e.u. nations are warning that is now the most likely outcome u.k. has less than a fortnight to decide any further extension on friday to resume eight suffered a third defeat to her withdrawal agreement in the house of commons m.p.'s will vote again on monday on a number of alternative supply us with suggestions that may might even try of a fourth attempt at getting her widely on love plans for. the implications of the house's decision. the legal force now is the united kingdom is due to leave the european unio

consolidate he's holding power and increasing russia's profile perhaps benefiting from it financially what about the syrian people do you think they figure at all in moscow's calculations i think that russia does want to appear like a responsible stakeholder in the world stage or does wonder peer that it does care about human rights humanitarian issues they will give the use of humanitarian aid convoys in various conflicts as including over look at how for example they were the first country in the un security council to raise the alarm about famine in the data in the saudi conduct in yemen so there's definitely a desire to appear like a responsibly humanitarian stakeholder but also a way i think that they are. are focused primarily on getting economic benefits from this conflict on perhaps backing off of the capital that other countries have more resources to invest in loans like china maybe down the line the u.a.e. and saudi arabia pump into syria russia does the projects on the ground because it knows the tray and then they benefit economically and they can look like they're building houses building hospitals building for so these improve the education

threatens russia with further sanctions of moscow refuses to pull its troops out of venezuela. or broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our two international i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us. saturday should have been britain's first today outside the european union in half a century instead of the u.k. has seen a week of chaos and confusion over the divorce deal and with no consensus among m.p.'s fears are mounting over a so-called hard drugs that on april twelfth. and many of the remaining twenty seven units are warning that is now the most likely outcome u.k. has less than two weeks to decide which path to take with brussels also saying it needs a definitive plan from westminster before it can grant any further extension. on friday theresa may suffered a third defeat to her withdrawal agreement in the house of commons and peas will vote again on monday on a number of alternative plans with suggestions that may might even try a fourth attempt at getting her unpopular plan through. the implications of the house's decision. the legal force now is that uni

carol the first as the patriarch of moscow and all russia he is more than a spiritual leader he embodies a religious entity that with its reach and influence will to power barely perceived in the west the power of the russian orthodox church.

the occasion it's celebrating what organizers call crimea's reunification with russia back in two thousand and fourteen moscow the events being marked with a three day festival on the i mean spring. our next report takes us through the events leading up to that annexation. march sixteenth twenty fourteen tens of thousands celebrate in crimea. have been insular had voted to become part of russia the man who is today crimea as prime minister congratulated the crowds don't go away we're going home a phrase repeated over and over on this day this time backed up by the russian national anthem. the previous month had seen violent protests in ukraine's capital kiev the demonstrators wanted to reduce russian influence the protests drove the country's pro russian president from power moscow responded by sending its forces into ukraine's crimean peninsula which has an historical link with russia soon the referendum was called but the result was

institute at king's college london and author of the book moscow in movement and opposition input in russia also in moscow alexander sort of you're a member of the advocacy group open russia german thank you very much for joining inside story victor i would like to ask you is this a bill meant to look implement censorship what is it disguise in the form of protecting national sovereignty in russia. no it is the bill. is intended to protect russia and russian citizens in the internet space in an age when that the internet has become a medium for adversarial information wolf where you know for you remember the one nine hundred ninety s. when the internet was starting around the world. it was not yet especially in the beginning of the ninety's it was not yet. widely used enough for information warfare but starting from two thousand and later on we have seen the internet being used by different actors on the international stage to. advance their national interests quickly at the expense of other international activists and other countries we have. cyber attacks being launched by different actor

carol the first as the patriarch of moscow and all russia he is more than a spiritual leader he embodies a religious entity that with its reach and influence will to power barely perceived in the west the power of the russian orthodox church. and the church settlement expansion course even abroad like here in paris and twenty sixteen at the consecration of a new orthodox cathedral. as head of the russian orthodox church carol mingles with them i see on the world stage with former u.s. president barack obama. pope francis chinese president xi jinping. syria's bashar al assad and of course the russian leader vladimir putin. the president and the patriarch are demonstrative little close allies two leaders united in their efforts to forge a new and ultraconservative russian identity. two leaders who share the same vision despite occasional differences in opinion. as a new actor on the international stage the russian church is asserting itself farsi on both the spiritual and the political front. carol before russians is the equivalent of the pope and a man hard to gain access to allowed our c

threatens russia with sanctions if moscow refuses to pull its troops out of venezuela. from oxy.

moscow. well russia was very quick to respond this morning immediately decided this is a direct violation ofany un decisions and also it's bypassing the security council on this of course the contradiction with the occupation internationally scene of crimea is not being mentioned here this strong us reaction came from a federation council foreign commission member moros often said that this was clearly an act by a president from to split the arab world and russia would never accept. over the golan golan heights you have to know of course that russia has been very active military in syria for many years now and any loss by syria of the golan heights would in directly also be a loss for russia. people all over new zealand have mourned and prayed together on friday a nationwide memorial service was held where islamophobia was condemned and those taking part remembered the lives of those killed a week ago and attacks on two mosques andrew thomas reports they came in their thousands muslims and others to the park opposite the al-noor mosque a week ago a gunman killed fifty people here and at the

us embassy staffers caught with a mortar shell in his luggage at a moscow airport russia called the incident a problem but washington plays it down saying there was no danger to passengers and the man has actually left the country. and the u.s. house of representatives passes a bill to counter the influence of so-called dark money in the election process. it should be happening and it's a deeply complicated the united states. you know it's legal. for the latest on the stories you can head to our team and dot com the charming individual that we call call and break he's coming here in about an hour's time but right now though the president of iran former president mahmoud ahmadinejad is a special guest on going underground if you're watching in the u.k. sputnik looks at the confusion and uncertainty over budget stay with us. semitism scandals the politics of washington and london we're going underground in an exclusive interview with former iranian president. this is within the past forty . ours britain announces former b.b.c. media reaction instructor now as an ins a gallery radcliffe convict

institute at king's college london and author of the book moscow in movement and opposition input in russia also in moscow alexander sort of year member of the advocacy group open russia german thank you very much for joining inside story victor i would like to ask you is this a bill meant to look implement censorship what is it disguise in the form of protecting national sovereignty in russia. no it is the bill. is intended to protect russia and russian citizens in the internet space in an age when the internet has become a medium for adversarial information wolf where you know for you remember the one nine hundred ninety s. when the internet was starting around the world. it was not yet especially in the beginning of the ninety's it was not yet. widely used enough for information warfare but starting from two thousand and later on we have seen the internet being used by different actors on the international stage to. advance their national interests quickly at the expense of other international actors and other countries as we have. cyber attacks being launched by different actors against

patriarch kirill russia's presence in the region is vital for the protection of christians in the middle east has also. to ground. zero but see. another place central to carroll's duties in moscow is the cathedral of christ the savior converted into a swimming pool in the soviet era it was restored after nine hundred ninety five and is today a symbol of russia's religious renaissance. carol it's not here it's a real mess. in the cathedral scepter a name changes he made some of russia's most powerful men men from pleating in a circle. the speaker of the duma the russian parliament the first deputy chief of staff of the presidential executive office and the head of the constitutional court. at the patriots invitation they are attending the world russian peoples council. the annual forum was founded by carroll in one nine hundred ninety three two years after the collapse of the soviet union. its aim to foster unity in the nation with the church at its core. food in the whole of the clergy sits next to members of the military and representatives of nationalist groups but more importantly alongside representatives from keeping their sickle parties including pitons united russia as w

moscow. well russia was very quick to respond to this morning immediately decided this is a direct violation of any u.n. decisions and also it's bypassing the security council on this of course the contradiction with the occupation internationally c. of crimea is not being mentioned here the strongest reaction came from a federation council foreign commission member moros off you sat that this was clearly an act by a president from to split the arab world and russia would never accept. over the golan golan heights you have to do to know of course that russia has been very active military in syria for many years now and any loss by syria of the golan heights would in directly also be a loss for russia when yemen's warring sides met in sweden last year one of the things they settled on was a prisoner swap but months later it still hasn't happened osama bin javid reports on the yemenis waiting and hoping they'll once again see loved ones who are locked up. some years daily chores include cutting off plastic into smaller pieces waste is used as cooking fuel in their tent his mom is preparing the

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president after president being russian agents you got it right mr pompei oh about the whole russia meddling. moscow meanwhile says it has long expressed its willingness to discuss any concerns over alleged election meddling and also says that the russia collusion theme has been driven soley by internal us political feuds. president trump hinted this week that those who spread misinformation and fake news on collusion with russia could face serious repercussions are online show in case you missed it takes a chop tongue in cheek look at that. in case you missed americans struggling to deal with the most terrible news that president is not a russian spy. after years of rice lying around in donald trump's do you b.s. past special counsel robert mueller has concluded that he did not collude with the russians to win the election in twenty sixteen this is left many americans facing an uncomfortable truth they may have elected overlord the old fashioned way this. way which they did the hunters use undermined the one theory that was keeping the democrats and the paranoid liberals for having a collective bre

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moscow this is r.t. international. russia's foreign ministry has accused the united states of treated in latin america like a colony the comments come in response to washington's claims of russian military interference in venezuela. a quarter has a story. we can gave way to a big hype over russian military planes appearing in caracas carrying cargo and about one hundred military personnel now the move to send military personnel to venezuela sparked serious criticism from washington who has been pushing for regime change in the country like pompei on monday stated the move is increasing tensions and national security advisor john bolton said he won't tolerate any foreign countries in the u.s. his backyard prompting a pushback from moscow united states will not tolerate whole style foreign military powers meddling with the western hemisphere's shared goals of democracy security and the rule of law the venezuelan military must stand with the people of venezuela top u.s. representatives who failed to change the lawful regime in car

administration as it talks further sanctions on russia a. moscow keeps ignoring president trump's demands for russian troops to leave the south american country. seven palestinians are wounded in a fresh violence on the israel gaza border crowds gathering there again we hear right now beyond close marking a year since the start of the israeli occupation protest known as the great march of rich. you're watching out international the weekend has turned mid day now this saturday afternoon in moscow when it was kevin zero in first and this should have been the first day for britain the european union in half a century but instead of the country's hurdling towards brics it many of the remaining twenty seven nation bloc say no deal scenario is now the most likely outcome the u.k. is less than two weeks to decide which path to take to avoid crushing out an april twelfth brussels says it to need to definitive plan from westminster before it can grant a further extension to the divorce process if necessary on friday britain's prime minister faced a third de

long the trump organization was in contact and interested and building some sort of projects in moscow, in russiacohen talked about the testimony, he also mentioned jay sekulow as an addendum. let me read you what jay sekulow said last week. today's testimony of michael cohen, edited or changing his statement to congress to alter the duration of the trump tower moscow negotiations is completely false. we are back to the fundamental question of cohen testimony is that, is he credible? others have basically said you need kocorroboration. this is a little bit of corroboration. >> we have not seen this letter and we don't know what the edits look like or whether it is done digitally or whose writing it was. there is still a lot of open questions and what was specifically edited, we'll find out on that. >> hans nichols at the white house, thank you very much. >>> is congress setting a new bar for what's acceptable from a president. joining me is former republican carlos c carlos curbelo and chris liu of the house and oversight committee. >> this is the question i have been trying to have with people f

now for our global weekly market wrap up and we start as usual in russia at the moscow stock exchange which was down this week making three weeks in a row notably gazprom the giant state energy company building that eight thousand mile pipeline to china we told you about the other day is beating the trend on the moscow exchange for the last half year in china at the shanghai stock exchange it's up this week on positive trade news as steve just mentioned u.s. tariffs won't be increased today after progress and trade talks japan's nikkei two twenty five up and that's three weeks in a row there shanghai and nikkei up hong kong hang seng down has been back and forth quite volatile this year in australia the a.s.x. three hundred up in india of a sense that's also up as it appears the conflict with pakistan is cooling after a conciliatory statement from prime minister emraan khan sound in south africa all shares also down going to europe and france the cac forty is up as is the german dax turning to great britain the u.k. footsie down with concern continuing uncertainty about brags it will