u.s. national security advisor john bolton has warned the asset government the would draw all of american troops from syria is not a green light to use chemical weapons bolton is preparing to meet israeli and turkish leaders about trump's decision to pull out roughly two thousand u.s. soldiers. early results from the democratic republic of congo's presidential election has been delayed a week and announcement was expected on sunday but fewer than half the votes have been counted. an egyptian police officer has died while trying to defuse a bomb near a church in cairo two other officers and an onlooker were injured when the device

u.s. diplomatic personnel the national assembly and president going to any violence against the. groups would signify a grave assault on the rule of law and will be met with a significant response it'll be my turn this shows that their objective is to take care riches what is the objective of the government of the united states take the properties from venezuela the riches of venezuela venezuela's money and later on they aspire to take away our country well let's hear now from our correspondent kristen salumi who has more from washington d.c. . oil is venezuela's largest source of revenue and the united states is venezuela's biggest customer forty one percent of their oil exports come to the united states and their biggest foreign asset is citgo the refining arm of their oil company and that's based here in the united states and crucially the state owned oil company is controlled by the military which is key to nicolas maduro staying in power so the goal here by the united states is to hold back this money from the durhams government and transfer it to over to forces who are loya

u.s. national security adviser he's jetting around the middle east clarifying confusion putting out the fire the trump started his message the u.s. isn't simply packing up and leaving in december trump told the pentagon to prepare to leave syria within one hundred days now he's changed his mind we are pulling back in syria we're going to be removing our troops i never said we're doing it that quickly bolton recently in israel also says the withdrawal is conditional but we're going to be discussing the president's decision to withdraw but to do so from northeast syria in a way to make sure that isis is defeated and is not able to. reach revive itself as the old man he's now an accurate to assure turkey that the u.s. will leave but bit by bit that chimes with rich a type out on turkey's president turkey sees itself as the dominant regional power writing in the new york times this week he said he agreed that the u.s. should withdraw but slowly. u.s. secretary of state mike pump a.o. is also currently touring the middle east he has raised concerns that turkey might try and attack the syrian kurd

u.s. national security interests will that is why they're leaving the options on the table according to the national security adviser we know can believe that the international community is not completely united on what happens next in venezuela is it clear if the opposition or the foreign backers have any kind of plan b. if there are new elections and if the duros refuses to relinquish power. the sense that i got from being in that briefing that was not only the national security advisor but also the treasury secretary steve minissha is that the conversations with regard to that are still ongoing what we are told is that the vice president mike pence here in the united states has had ongoing conversations with key partners the part of the interim government inside venezuela that those conversations are continuing it seems there are two points the united states is trying to stress with these sanctions number one there is the feeling in the united states that the people of venezuela have suffered for too long and there was a need to take that step even further beyond just the recognition of

u.s. national security adviser yet not only would meet and themself like protocol wise that wouldn't even if that wasn't promise and wasn't required but not even the foreign minister would see so so bolton bolton was not. completely and he was entitle to meet with the national security advisor or with one of the security advisers foreign policy advisers mr hughes you see i think what other one is doing here is he's trying to exploit the fact that the u.s. doesn't have a strategy that the u.s. is in a very insecure situation and nobody really takes trump's tweets and announcements anymore seriously and though they are very. serious because they have serious consequences and i think the bigger the power game is that simple. the u.s. is in a weak position and one does everything he can just to exploit that situation and embarrass them and that doesn't mean that they wouldn't receive him another time maybe both would be obliged to fly to turkey to by the way the chief of staff was with them u.s. syria and boy so there was quite a solid team traveling to today yeah and it makes you wonder who

u.s. national security advisor john bolton is in turkey to discuss the u.s. troop withdrawal from syria is that it's a secret surance is a turkey will not target kurdish fighters in northern syria been a key u.s. ally in the fight against isis. north korean leader kim jong un is making his full physics at beijing and he talks with president xi jinping south korea has praised him to express we hope it may help efforts for denuclearization he's. the former chairman of car company misson has declared his innocence spot appearing in court in tokyo gun has said that he's been unfairly detains given what he's accused of underreporting his salary by millions of dollars over so for. the bones government says it's back in control after an attempt to overthrow president he's undergoing medical treatment in iraq or to keep watch as were killed and five others were arrested but the attempt to take over the presidency is highlighting questions about bongos fitness to lead couple was more it could lose. head into old obiang kelly from the presidential guards erst into the

people in both countries cannot live without the other nations products. the u.s.annot live without china, and china cannot live without u.s. products either. that sentiment is tempered by the growing popularity of chinese made products which often cost only a fraction of their u.s. competitor. if agreements cannot be made, i will have my own preference of choice terms of famous brands of u.s. clothes. to me, their prices are already pretty expensive. if trade agreements or cooperation cannot be made, i will prefer to buy our local brands instead. but at the moment, china remains vital to many u.s. brands. that could give china the upper hand in this week's negotiations withmerican trade representatives who cannot afford to have the chinese stop filling up on u.s. products. brent: on a corporate note, amazon has surpassed microsoft as the most valuable publicly traded company in the west. a further sign that a seesaw in the sock -- top market continues to retract -- reshuffled corporate america. relentless volatility in global equity markets have seen technology an

u.s. national security adviser john bolton tweeted that if anything should happen to guide dog or the national assembly the u.s. would issue a quote significant response you see in human al-jazeera colombia well let's get more on this now we're joined by eric farnsworth he's live for us in washington d.c. and he's the vice president of the council for the americas very good to have you with us on al-jazeera mr vance with. is calling for more protests now against the government this week on wednesday and saturday we're hearing fighting words from u.s. national security advisor john bolton in support against. how dangerous the situation in venezuela right now with these two presidents. well it's a bit thank you very much for having me on again it's a pleasure to join you know the situation is very volatile there's no question about it you have two people who claim the presidency of the country one controls the military that's nicolas maduro of course but it's very clear that the people power movement of why go is trying to see if they can bring the military over to their side or at least element

u.s. national security advisor john bolton said they would be continuing talks with the u.s. s they are both allies and there would be ongoing court nation on the withdrawal of u.s. troops but the syrian land must be cleared of all terrorists on the border regardless of who they are that does of course include syrian kurdish fighters supported the us troops as well as ice on my back with more news hair on al-jazeera that's after counting the cost so do stay with us if you can. hello i'm adrian finnegan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week new year but same old fears about a slowdown in china shake global financial markets find out what's going on with the world's number two economy. also this week what brazil's president wants to do to transform latin america's biggest economy. and taxing times for technology giants a new law came into effect in france that apple has issued a rare revenue warning. to china u.s. trade war is on countdown of the world is watching remember both sides agreed to a ninety day truce on

u.s. national parks furthermore the u.s. . federal bureau of indian affairs which takes care of native americans is shut down so many native americans are not receiving leave the services that they depend on from the federal government such as health care education and the maintenance of tribal properties and such it's also important to note that in the early hours of the new year the u.s. border patrol fired tear gas against a crowd of one hundred fifty central americans who they claimed were actually trying to breach the u.s. border so that's the situation we're in this is day number twelve two weeks in to the u.s. federal government being shut down americans are biting their nails and wondering what is going to happen next now the cabinet meeting president from displayed a poster on the table inspired by the t.v. series game of thrones uses a photo of trump with the phrase sanctions coming and so the first time this post has appeared on november trump tweeted ahead of sanctions on iran lifted under the international nuclear

u.s. national security adviser says the u.s.t of syria unless it's sure turkey won't attack u.s. kurdish allies. that's according to multiple reports. john bolton was in jerusalem sunday and met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >>> the king of malaysia is making history by becoming the first royal in the country to abdicate. the national palace announced king sultan muhammad v's resignation on sunday but offered no explanation but said the king's decision takes effect immediately. now the council of rulers will have to vote for a new king from one of malaysia's nine royal houses. >>> u.s. president donald trump says he might declare a national emergency to secure military funding for his border wall. the vice president met with congressional leaders sunday, but they couldn't reach a budget agreement. the dispute has led to a partial government shutdown now in its third week. >>> u.s. politicians are from both sides of the aisle took to the airwaves on sunday. they spoke about whether the president actually has the

u.s. national and offered get some more now pool we learned that corporate security executive is also a former u.s. marine and according to russia's federal security service he was detained last friday during a spying action however there are still no details or any facts to disclose still rounding this particular operation and his brother david confirms that paul was indeed here in moscow he said that he came to the capital to attend a wedding of his fellow u.s. marine to a local woman and he was scheduled to come back home last sunday. more news. join me every thursday on the all excitement show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports this list i'm showbusiness i'll see that. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so we want to express an interest. or somebody want to be rich. but you'd like to be crushed it's like before you know more people are. interested always in the why. there should be a. welcome back to all say over the next few days when looking back at some of the stories in twenty eighteen. the copywriting of

u.s. president donald trump is trying new things in hopes of getting a border wall traveling to capitol hill to keep his own party on board and on tuesday giving an address to the nation from the oval office doing very well except for the border back behind the desk in front of the cameras again wednesday the u.s. president threatened to declare a national emergency if he has to in order to get a wall built on the southern border we might work a deal and if we don't i may go that route the trump is trying these new tactics in order to defend his decision to partially shut the government down until he gets billions for border wall he's trying to blame the opposition party in an attempt to change the public's opinion polls show right now the majority of americans blame the president but republican leaders in congress are still backing trump blaming democrats for the impasse from a badly needed to a moral and a little more than the span of a presidency so much better talk about a pivot all about a pivot. my democratic friends wanted fencing and physical barriers in the race and . for their part democrats rolled out some of the eight hundred thousand federal workers who s

u.s. national security adviser is seen holding a notepad with five thousand troops to colombia written on it leading to speculation over the trumpet ministrations next move against caracas also ahead. to make. they create. and delay with out a plan is not a solution it's a road to nowhere. british prime minister theresa may mourn the m.p.'s that they have to agree on an exit plan if they want to avoid a no deal scenario. and human rights watch releases a report documenting dozens of cases of terrorist torturing civilians in northern syria. we have documented cases in which. residents. because they were either documenting abuses were just to be. apparent to the. miners. i. it's nine o'clock and you're watching out international live from almost studio with me welcome to the program united states is starting its economic weight behind venezuela's south declared interim president as you want. to announce his transferring control of certain states that's how buy american banks to the leader of the crisis stricken countries opposition washington has also impose sanctions on venice where the st

u.s. national security adviser is seen holding it notepad with. columbia written all the leading to speculation over the united states next move against caracas. the program rights watch releases a report documenting dozens of cases of terrorist torturing civilians in northern syria. we have documented eleven cases in which a. teen residents of six we have documented being tortured including minors. just on nine am in philadelphia eleven p. . i am in seoul on five in the evening right here in moscow this tuesday january the twenty ninth welcome to r.t. international our top story the united states has handed control over some of venezuela's biking us sets to opposition leader one why do not so after washington announced it is imposing tough new sanctions on venezuela's state owned oil company now the move is designed to choke off revenues to president nicolas maduro his government thereby strengthening the hand all of the opposition leader. will continue to use all of our diplomatic and economic tools to support interim president quite oh the nati

u.s. national security advisor is heading to turkey to discuss the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria john bolton the said the pullout was conditional on turkey not taking any military action against kurdish fighters. more than one hundred trucks are taking part in a trial in southeast england to prevent long queues at the falls of dover should the u.k. crash out of the e.u. with no deal some fear the lines could be as long as forty five kilometers the government says it needs to prepare for all eventualities the test involves trucks driving between the paul standard this used airports in kent to see where the traffic flow can be maintained john how has more on the trial run. well it was just twelve weeks ago now to greg's it day march the twenty ninth over there is live contingency planning taking place for the possibility now ever more realistic of a no deal exit for britain from the european union there is apparent deadlock in parliament particularly over to resume may's brigs a deal to be voted on in the next ten days or so if it's voted down no deal becomes as i

u.s. national parks now furthermore with the federal bureau of indian affairs shut down native americans who depend on the u.s. federal government for services like health care education as well as grounds keeping on native american tribal property apparently they are not getting these services either now at this point the hinge disagreement that is keeping the government shut down the division between the congress and the president is over the issue of trump's calls for border security the democrats think there needs to be a fence the republicans think there needs to be a wall this is a semantical disagreement do we have a fence or do we have a wall let's review this big division about what we call the barrier between the united states and mexico on the southwestern border. to punish speaking to myself consider the war and more walls can be scaled over walls can be tunneled under the wall to stop any bad things from happening it just makes it impossible for the folks who are sorry to see what's developing and makes it more difficult for them. the president through executive order one three

u.s. national security as americans we should all be concerned about the potential for any company beholden to a foreign government especially one that doesn't share our values to burrow into the american telecommunications market and the charges come against the backdrop of the damaging u.s. china trade war which has stretched on for months trade talks between the two countries will resume on wednesday rob reynolds al-jazeera what is here now from a jim brown who has more from beijing. or china will feel that these new charges against weiwei are all part of a concerted campaign by the trumpet ministration to tarnish the reputation of one of china's most successful and profitable companies they will feel these charges are without merit anticompetitive and in the case of one man joe the chief financial officer of weiwei who is now being held in vancouver pending her extradition to the united states an abuse of her human rights there is also i think suspicion here in china about the timing of these charges because they come almost on the eve of the resumption of trade talks between china and

u.s. national security advisor is seen holding a notepad with five thousand troops to colombia written on it leaving it to speculation over the trumpet ministrations next move against caracas also. human rights watch releases a report documenting dozens of cases of terrorists torturing civilians in northern syria we have documented eleven cases in which a. teen residents of. because they were either documented confuses the distinctive groups move six of those or we have documented have been tortured including minors. our broadcast live direct from our studios in moscow this is our team international i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us. in a high stakes vote british m.p.'s have just backed an amendment that will allow theresa may to renegotiate one of the most problematic aspects of her bragg's a deal the issue of the irish border parliament also approved an amendment to reject a no deal scenario the prime minister had this to say following the result. i agree that we should not leave without a deal however simply. simply opposing no deal is not enough to stop it the government will n

u.s. national security adviser john bolton as an encore holding talks about the withdrawal of troops from syria and a top u.s. on void working to resolve the dispute between her and its neighbors has quit. general anthony zinni said. no country was willing to negotiate and good face. now the largest opposition party in the democratic republic of congo has declared its leader the presumed one of last month's president. election the union for democracy and social progress says its candidate fictious according one of calling for a transition meeting with outgoing president joseph kabila the country's electoral commission is yet to release the results meanwhile one of the main observers of the election is reporting irregularities in more than half of the counting centers that monitor how to toss a has the latest from can chaucer shopkeeper blanche to democratic republic of congo has had a difficult history could several civil wars and contested elections he once the election results released as soon as possible to ease tensions so the country can move on. the political situation right now is a

u.s. national and offered his support now pull whelan is a corporate security exactly to fund he's also a former u.s. marine according to the russian federal security service he was detained last friday during a spying action however there is still no facts or details the disclosed so rounding this particular operation now. brother david confirmed that paul was indeed here in moscow he said that his brother came to the capital to attend a wedding of a fellow u.s. marine to a local woman and he was scheduled to come back home last sunday. with the many things we do to coach with the report for us. over the next few days because we're looking back at some of the stories we brought you throughout twenty eight to. the copywriting of a catch phrase in the disney classic last year led to accusations of imperialism and cultural appropriation. so prominently. well the phrase that i could have my tonsil was made famous by the one nine hundred ninety four film the lion king show you knew that a new version though if you don't know is being released this year the zimbabwean activist has launched a p

u.s. national security adviser john bolton as an encore a holding talks about the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria. the largest opposition party in the democratic republic of congo has declared its leader the presumed what of law. month's presidential election the union for democracy and social progress as its candidate candidate felix kerry has won its calling for a transition meeting with outgoing president joseph kabila the country's electoral commission is yet to release the results meanwhile one of the mayor election observers is reporting irregularities and more than half the counting centers monitored has more from the capital kinshasa shopkeeper blank. the democratic republic of congo has had a difficult history several civil wars and contested elections he wants election results released as soon as possible to ease tensions so the country can move on. the political situation right now is affecting business very few people spending money. in things. election officials were supposed to release provisional results on january sixth but it's a logistical challenges are causin

u.s. national security advisor is seen holding a notepad with five thousand troops to colombia written on it meeting to speculation over the trumpet ministrations next move against iraq also ahead. human rights watch releases a report documenting dozens of cases of terrorists. in north korea. eleven cases in which. residents. because they were in the documentary abuses by. minors. and you're watching live from studio with me. welcome to the program. british m.p.'s are voting on a series of amendments to trace them a so-called bragg's it plan b. they have so far rejected for amendments including one by the opposition labor party to rule out a no deal scenario the outcome could determine how quickly the u.k. leaves the e.u. and the future relationship the country will have with the bloc ahead of the pivotal ballot the prime minister told lawmakers that they must find common ground if they want to avoid a potentially hazardous no deal scenario. this is because none of your manhood size addressed so far will ensure that we deliver bricks it instead of those simply provide more arguments again

u.s. and britain what they thought about the new punishing measures in the nation. we need help from stable countries and the us this is a stable country. i do not recognize one why do as the interim president and the government of the us must respect the position of us and as a whelan's who have elected president my new room where fair elections play he well yes and no but there is some sense to it personally i'd say they shoot into the dog no it is venezuela it should solve the problems of venezuela. seems to be a typical us move to go for any nation that has been a model oil venezuela is a country that's been around for a long time and they should solve their own problems. sometimes need to go out and just help them any more if no one ever gave him something to do many of us could go out there and help you through a. democracy that did most of us what's good for the any idea where is on the map i have no clue how to read a psuedo no president. for the current president as he is. i wish i did is no these three is back to school straight new election in the country

president trumps national security adviser says u.s. troops won't leave syria until i saw is defeated in the region john bolton is in israel where there's been concern about trump's abrupt announcement in december to withdraw forces bolton says there's no timetable for the pullout which was initially expected to take weeks he also said he doesn't want to take any military action against kurdish fighters in syria who've been backed by u.s. forces were going to be discussing the president's decision to withdraw the to do so from northeast syria in a way that make sure that isis is defeated it is not able to. revive itself and become a threat again and to make sure that the. defense of israel and our other friends in the region is absolutely assured stephanie decker has more on this from west jerusalem. not much concrete came out of that press conference of course the two countries reiterating the incredible support for each other john bolton saying that the troop withdrawal would happen but not without ensuring that israel's offensive isr

u.s. national security advisor john bolton has warned the syrian government the withdrawal of american troops is not a green light to use chemical weapons preparing to meet israeli and turkish leaders about trump's decision to pull out roughly two thousand u.s. soldiers from syria. early results from the democratic republic of congo's presidential election have been delayed a week announcement was expected on sunday but fewer than half the votes have been counted. the u.n. special envoy is back in yemen to try to convince both sides in the war to fully comply with a cease fire agreement that is hoped the warring sides will agree to meet later this month possibly in kuwait qatar lopez hold reports. an attempt at piecing together a broken ceasefire the u.s. envoy martin griffiths is back in yemen calling on warring sides to follow the truce they agreed to months of negotiations cracked within weeks he was met by cancer patients who demand the sunnah airport be reopened they are among the thousands of patients who cannot travel out of yemen for life saving treatments one of the many consequences

u.s. national. arks garbage is not being collected as the federal maintenance workers are not working as the federal government remains shut down the restrooms are not being cleaned and human waste is also piling up in the restrooms at u.s. national parks beyond that the federal bureau of indian affairs that provides services to native americans is shut down so many native americans are not receiving services like education health care as well as the maintenance of tribal facilities due to the federal government being shut down now in the early hours of the year we actually saw the u.s. border patrol shooting tear gas over the u.s. border they claimed that one hundred fifty migrants from central america were actually trying to breach the border fence so at this point there doesn't appear to be an end to the crisis in sight. archie new york has a cabinet meeting president trying to spade a poster on the table inspired by the t.v. series game of thrones and uses a photo of trump with the phrase sancti

u.s. national security advisor john bolton is in taqiyya after his trip to israel to discuss the u.s. troop withdrawal from syria bolton arrived in one korea on monday he's that's a secret surance says that he will not target kurdish fighters in northern syria he's been a u.s. ally in the fight against size while in israel bolton told prime minister benjamin netanyahu that the two thousand american troops will not leave syria until all remnants of defeated well it's unclear whether bolton will meet reza type out of one but the president has praised donald trump decision to withdraw from syria in a new york times opinion piece and warned the pullout must be done carefully adding that turkey can provide leadership in the region to create stability jamal michelle has the latest now from. john bolton the chief security advisor to chomp is meeting now with the turkish president's senior advisor abraham kalin also president a presence in that meeting is james jeffrey the u.s. and very true syria as well as other officials you would assume that they're looking at a map and trying to decide a

u.s. national and offered its support now paul whelan as a corporate security executive he is also a former u.s. marine and according to russian federal security service he was detained last friday during a spying action however there are still no details or any facts just quote still grounding this particular operation and his brother david confirms that paul was indeed here in moscow he said that he came to the capital to attend a wedding of his fellow u.s. marine to a local woman and he was scheduled to come back home last sunday. to show break we will have a look back at some of the most remarkable stories of two thousand and three. it's hard to imagine decades after the war a nazi doctor was still active rich in the nineteen seventies croteau had as the chair of its board a man convicted of mass murder and slavery ashe was a german company good untold develops in the divide a drug that was promoted as completely safe even during pregnancy it turned out to have terrible side effects what has happened to my baby is anything. you know she said is just cut short minix a little mind victims

u.s. national security adviser john bolton tweeted that if anything should happen to guide dog or the national assembly the u.s. would issue a quote significant response you see in human al-jazeera colombia. the search has resume for more than three hundred people missing after a dam burst in southeastern brazil fifty eight people that are confirmed dead rescue workers say there's little hope of finding survivors under the mining waste released by friday's collapse and neighboring peru an avalanche of mud and rock has crashed into a hotel killing at least fifteen people it happened in the southern city of san k. the mudslide broke through the walls of the hotel injuring thirty four people. i saw has claimed responsibility for an attack on a cathedral in the southern philippines at least twenty people were killed and dozens injured in two bomb blasts on the predominantly muslim island of hold or palestinian protesters and israeli troops that clash near ramallah in the occupied west bank it comes a day after a palestinian man was shot dead during a confrontation between israeli settlers and resi

u.s. national security as americans we should all be concerned about the potential for any company beholden to a foreign government especially one that doesn't share our values to burrow into the american telecommunications market and the charges come against the backdrop of the damaging u.s. china trade war which has stretched on for months trade talks between the two countries will resume on wednesday robert oulds al-jazeera but the chinese government says the indictments against unfair and immoral because now they will just as the foreign ministry said with no evidence they using the state power to discredit and attack disconnected companies this sort of behavior is unfair and immoral as a department responsible for the same history we consistently encourage chinese companies to act in accordance with international rules and market principles and develop foreign economic cooperation on the basis of abiding by local laws well i'm a tongan as a political analyst visors the chinese government he says the move will receive a massive backlash from chinese consumers. well within china i think

u.s. national security adviser john bolton reiterated the request in time for. you have not with all the headlines more news considering here on al-jazeera a softer stream. for you. is the biggest u.s. criminal justice reform package in years but is first step act really enough so they will look at what the new york means for u.s. prison inmates the kim kardashian effect i kid you not please send your thoughts and your twitter comments via you tube and online. thousands of amazing us federal prisons are hoping that the first step toward child change their lives the new law has already brought some real results for one man charles he walked free from a prison in kentucky on thursday he had been.

u.s. national security adviser is seen holding a note with five thousand troops to colombia written on it needing to speculation over the trump administration's next move against caracas also ahead on the program . a plan to make bricks they create for. and out of class it's not a solution it's a no brainer british prime minister treason may warns m.p.'s have to agree on an e.u. exit plan if they want to avoid a no deal scenario. and human rights watch releases a report documenting dozens of cases of terrorist torturing civilians in northern syria. we have documented eleven cases in which a. residence of six of those that we have documented apparently being. including miners. forever you're tuning in from right around the world this hour welcome to our team international my names you know neil good to have your company our top story washington is throwing its full economic weight behind venessa wheel is self the cleared interim president won. intel's announced it's transferring control of certain state assets held by american banks to the leader of the crisis stricken countries opposition

u.s. national interests. and when you don't have anybody else present except an interpreter who, as the reports indicate, has been told to cough up their notes and potentially have them never see the light of day, when you don't have anybody else present and you have no record of that meeting for our own intelligence agencies to understand, that is really not in the u.s. national security interest. >> and, shar chairman rogers, y chaired the internal community. how do you have them looped in to something like this? >> it's looped in in a number of ways, but most importantly, what is the content of the meeting so you can decide how to go forward with u.s. policy. the president and other policymake policymakers including the intelligence and other armed services committees. you need to keep the russians honest, and having a one on one for that length of time gives permission to the russians to come up with their own interpretation, and they'll use that information of operations in conversations with other world

u.s. national and offered gets a wart now pull whelan is a corporate security executive he is also a former u.s. marine and according to russia's federal security service he was detained last friday during a spying action however there are still no details or any facts disclosed still rounding this particular operation and his brother david confirms that paul was indeed here in moscow he said that he came to the capital to attend a wedding of his fellow u.s. marine to a local woman and he was scheduled to come back home last sunday over the next three days so we're looking at some of the stories that we brought you throughout twenty eight. copywriting of a catch phrase in a disney classic last year led to accusations of imperialism and cultural appropriation. i sing along you can't resist the phrase accoutrement tartare was made famous by that nine hundred ninety four film the lion king by the way a new version is being released this year as in bob an activist launched a petition to remove the trademark from disney he claims the phrase belongs to african culture and that it can't be owned b

u.s. national security advisor john bolton is desperately trying to secure a future safety for his could this allies we're going to be discussing the president's decision to withdraw but to do so from northeast syria in a way that makes sure that the chance of israel and other friends in the region. is absolutely assured and to take care of those who fought with us against isis and other terrorist groups at the end of the day the u.s. will leave the kurds understand this obviously and they're fast tracking the goo she sions with president asaad with the syrian government according to various reports reconciling perhaps obviously they have their differences but it's a hostile neighborhood friends a few and far between and as we see now they can leave at any moment during the games of conflict in syria much of the country's cultural heritage was deliberately destroyed by islamic state terrorist but some places did escape like the grave of abel outside the red mosque and switch is now welcoming visitors once again. mission of. the thousand years going to the grave was not protected by anyone lat

u.s. national security advisor john bolton says washington is imposing new sanctions against venezuela this time targeting the state oil company restrictions will block seven billion dollars of the company's assets. we're going to announce sanctions against patrol is to venezuela associate. were paid a vase as it's known by its spanish acronym the state owned oil monopoly we have continued to expose the corruption of manure and his cronies in today's action ensures they can no longer loot the assets of the venezuelan people total seven billion dollars in assets walk today plus over eleven billion dollars in lost export proceeds over the next year. ok let's cross live now to political analyst lucas curran in caracas thanks for joining us good to have you on the program today just first of all following up on that breaking news coming into us just outside new sanctions against iran as well of the oil company in that attempt to force madero to call elections in the near future do you think this tool is going to prove effective will it change anything. i think we have. the viewing us of an as w