Good morning great to come here this morning live from moscow this is Art International with me kevin knowing her welcome to this 30 minute live news update and this wednesday sort of reverse the Venezuelan Attorney general is investigating the alleged embezzlement of aid funds by representatives of Opposition Leader one dope is claimed the money was supposed to be used to help soldiers who defected from serving president maduro in february and fled to neighboring colombia why those fired the 2 people at the center of these claims but stopped short of denying wrongdoing 90000. 00 it can even be compared to the amounts that regrettably the regime has embezzled from the national wealth. Humanitarian aid it is more a humanitarian robbery that all the money from the famous humanitarian aid fund was stolen of take note washington not only are the opposition liars but they are thieves too who stole thousands of dollars from each other. But as well as chief prosecutor accused quite though of being the mastermind behind the corruption scheme the documents appear to show that the 2 people charged with overseeing humanitarian aid misused thousands of dollars on drugs hotels prostitutes and luxuries our Senior Correspondent has more this morning sex drugs and rocknroll arent something youd associate with a humanitarian aid concert wrongly it seems colombian authorities themselves a shocked and barris that what theyve uncovered and to think it all began so innocently we need to try to help those who are not getting medical help help those who are hungry and today hopefully on the back of this concert we can start maybe getting supplies into that to sway those people who are not suffering so much back then the freshly selfproclaimed president of venezuela called in the military to defect join him and top of the corrupt regime. We gladly armed forces welcome to the right side of history welcome to the soldiers who are today following the constitution welcome hundreds of soldiers did defect some with families some of the small children they scared to colombia they were put in hotels and by mid march it were living in the streets we are desperate we do not want to stay in colombia we want to return to venezuela but not in the current Living Conditions we do not know. How could this happen out of the 7 hotels that the soldiers were staying in all but 2 were being paid for by the un and the colombian government to hotels is all who and why do those representatives had to pay for except they didnt according to the journalists who broke this story why and why do all of this a month ago. When we couldnt allow for any bad managing of money to overshadow what has been a big effort on the part of all venezuelans thats why as soon as we had the information about the Ongoing Investigation we decided to send it straight to every impartial of dorothy. The people who did this bear in mind were appointed by do personally and he only chose to speak with the story already Public Knowledge saying transparent investigation is needed also amazingly managing to somehow imply that the venezuelan government does involve culpable complicit and that guy duo doesnt cover up corruption which he kept covered up for at least a month obviously the actual venezuelan government has questions. This huge drop in corruption poor to divert money that we could use fall Sick Children instead of being spent on food medicine that has been used to pay for alcohol prostitutes expensive Shopping Trips and Luxury Hotels as do those allies why is his party which promises to cleanse venezuela of corruption and exercise the demons of the old regime why are these people blowing tens of thousands of dollars in aid money on prostitutes drugs and booze and live a concert that Richard Branson has led along with others in the us pro champs of february 22nd 23rd is a complete failure plan why those forces inside of senate and columbia have been using the money to enrich themselves for luxury staying in 5 star hotels and therefore theyre really showing what theyre about its about whining power for personal enrichment the Corruption Scandal is just one small part of what the us is engaging in in this enormous assault and genocidal assault against the people of venice well its hundreds of millions its chance of billions of dollars that the u. S. Is stealing in the name of one way though stealing money from the venezuelan people. The shortlist to be britains next Prime Minister will get a little shorter later this wednesday 5 are said to come for the race replaced a reason why is conservative leader by thursdays final ballot m. P. s will have decided on just 2 and after that is time for the grassroots members to decide what is probably in the u. K. Looks at whos still in the race than. But contest is hotting up and the field has been whittled down one blonde bombshell remains the front runner and these are the politicians who made it through to the next round of the conservative partys game of knockout or should it be called the contest for who gets to lose to Boris Johnson in the race for downing street to get a very serious no youre really going to get. That you have the the quest for a new leader has got the country poring over the contestants and the laundry whatever populist charm Boris Johnson might have a conservative party with him at the helm probably shouldnt count on many votes in scotland judging by this recently unearthed quote from 2005 gordon brown as Prime Minister would be obsolete rageous not just because you dont popping into fearing high tax and complicates of life but mainly because hes a scot and government by a scot is just not conceivable in the current constitutional context their race has revealed numerous skeletons in other candidates closets too can you guess which politician took which drug in their preponderate ix days michael gove was a front runner but his campaign was modeled after he was forced to admit he dabbled with cocaine in the 19000000 tees it was a crime it was a mistake i deeply regret it should you have gone to prison. While i was i was fortunate in that i didnt when asked what his biggest weakness was at a recent debate jeremy hunt for to this. Time my wife is japanese my was trying to. Leave the carrier. Although not as terrible as this presenter getting his name wrong. On breakfast t. V. Steve you say that the man that you are backing jeremy im so sorry jeremy hunt of never said that before in my life its usually men who say thats who i really really want to apologize im sorry beyond the opportunities for gaffes his name provides for broadcasters some have said that jeremy hunt is boring no class a drugs to reason may in trousers his edgiest moment siding with donald trump in the u. S. President s high profile spat with londons labor man come on and then theres rory stewart he started as the rank outsider his warts and all media strategy hash tag rory walks has been gathering momentum up until now the secretary of state for International Development wasnt that well known outside of westminster or isnt guys. Are you happy to have a quick fill. Was for filming for the im a politician and standing to be Prime Minister standing room meeting ok. I want to see what people are up with all this dirt on offer youd expect those competing for a chance to move in here in a couple of weeks time to engage in some good Old Fashioned political mudslinging but at this stage of the contest Boris Johnson is so far ahead that the other conservative candidates appear to have come down with a case of politeness perhaps looking into the future and vying for top positions in an all but inevitable Boris Johnson cabinet. Tensions are on the rise in south dakota in the us after the state passed a new boosting law in the works and was calling both state legislators to cover people that encouraged civil disobedience even if not themselves. Protesters who continued to rally against the keystone pipeline. Cut 6. So a bit more of these new rules that not only take aim at people who actively take part in riots but also people who incite violence or encourage others to take action so all of the keystone x. L. Pipeline its the 4th part of the system that runs from canada to america 3 stages already been completed face 4 was 1st postponed by barack obama made environmental protests but then President Trumps given the green light for it to go ahead the American Civil Liberties union says the act is not clear enough and seeks to suppress demonstrations before they even start native american activists joy braun believes the protests in north dakota to the government to take action. And the whole reason being i knew it we had laws that we were trapped in and iraq are we were fighting their own axis and the United States government is very you know that your read of what we were able you know and when youre exercising your treaty rights you know you know theyre declaring war on us theyre declaring war on the region. We will do whatever we and whatever we have to. Protect their. Softer sudans president was ousted by the armed forces the country is now trying to find ways to resolve the resulting constitutional crisis that president bush is removal after decades in power has now led to a struggle between the military government and groups pushing for a return to civilian rule as well as internal efforts to resolve the impasse theres soul so help learning up from abroad we can report the u. S. Is increasing its involvement weeks of for a major crackdown by the sudanese military on protesters Security Forces to end attacks on civilians and to investigate the recent violence washingtons appointed a new special envoy for sudan than a veteran diplomat who on paper has a wealth of local knowledge and experience in the region 65 year old donald booth is not only so previously as u. S. Ambassador to liberia and ethiopia he was also the obama administrations envoy to sudan and south sudan and it was back in the role of bruce appointment is not being universally welcomed a womens action group in the darfur region has got big areas suffered years of conflict including genocide and ethnic cleansing in its day. Not only did booth want to normalize relations with a murderous regime he actively neglected those being murdered but with failed to put forth any statements regarding the atrocities committed we cannot trust him to speak up now internally displaced individuals who took to birth during his visits were quickly erast it without any prevailed by booth to grant them a release or protection hes a boyband will once again silence those who have been suffering in darfur for 7. So as donald gets down to business then caleb maupin takes a look at his track record during neighboring south brutal civil war. As the situation in south sudan continues to spiral the United States has appointed a new special envoy to save the day the department has appointed ambassador down on the eve booth as special envoy on sudan his appointment demonstrates that the United States has a Firm Commitment to the sudanese people and efforts to advance a peaceful political solution now the white house says that its his experience with south sudan that makes him qualified however it is long record with the country that is the source of all the outrage donald booth was the special envoy to both sudan and south sudan under the administration of barack obama from 2013 to 2017 under his watch the civil war and human rights abuses escalated. The. Braids again grapes sexual mutilation abductions and sexual slavery as well as killings that have become commonplace in south sudan there is no doubt that these crimes are persistent because impunity so entrenched that every kind of norm is broken now the role of donald booth in this mess hasnt exactly been good in 2011 the United Nations imposed an arms embargo on sudan however the United States didnt start abiding by it until 20163 years after the war was already in full swing despite what seemed like Strong International consensus favor going to bargo for several years the United States withheld support and an embargo was not put on the Un Security Council agenda. Seems like a pretty big fan. And of the u. S. And israeli aligned regime of south sudan he actually worked to get them a waiver from the white house over their use of child soldiers and he seems a little bit partisan when it comes to internal strife in the country heres a statement he made about the ousting of the Vice President we do not believe it would be wise from a shark to return to his previous position in juba so this is the man whose task it is to restore peace however if you look at his record he seems to have plenty of experience doing the opposite us never really carried out sincerely so the sudanese didnt really care or couldnt really follow policy from us because us was against the very survival of the country the mistake that was made by the United States and most a mistake made by the students go to peace you cannot ignore to suffering of people for during your whole period a. Few tried to go the country even though or the break up with south sudan in 2000 when u. S. Government did nothing but keep punishing the sudanese people you keep going there for sheer you keep trying policies that we. Saw you 17 in the morning very sunday morning or most of this one so because with you if you want to run the world my name is kevin 0 income went up on the stories after the break just one of them to talk about the bruising rattle of a race and Land Ownership in south africa right now Nelson Mandelas daughter is in the spotlight for some pretty inflammatory tweets were exactly what she said and why its wild so many people. Is trump winning can he be reelected based on his record there are many other questions as trump seeks to remain in the white house will the democrats run against trump as opposed to challenging his record in office how the democrats learned anything from the electorate since their oppression defeat 2016. Seems wrong why dont we all just dont all. Get to shape out just to educate and in gains from an equal trail. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. But. Again the daughter of Nelson Mandela who is now south africas ambassador to denmark has caused outrage with controversial tweets about color and Land Ownership whilst their wine and dine here are wondering how the world of sheer inland thieves is doing its amazing how this racist askew we need validation from them dear ever tried apologists your time is over you will not rule again we do not fear you finally i am not accountable to any white man or woman for my personal views. Those statements been condemned by the countrys opposition and the White South African group both are calling for the sins of mandela to be dismissed now but the Economic Freedom fighters party say they fully support mandela branding her critics racist she defended the comments too saying that shes entitled to her own opinion as just heard behind the argument is the controversial land reform bill in south africa and the expropriation of lands from white farmers the idea of that is to restore justice in apartheid according to the government avoid farmers are still supposed to play a role in establishing a new economic reality we spoke to sara go on policy further with the south African Institute of Race Relations about the controversial tweets than. She is there besser to a significant european country which has had very good relations with and that her behavior is tiredly and diplomatic and it raises a very pick concern for us in so their ticket race has been used as a. Political tool by various parties to either act as a stand in for not doing enough of the right thing or 2 and taken hours and tried create a split between whites and blacks the redistribution of lead isnt actually it as legislation without compensation going to resolve the problem the problem is largely in administrative work its got a lot of catching up to do it i think this is why it has taken this particular starts of relying on the apartheid past instead of saying look its a its a 2 to achieve a decent effect for people we actually need to do it properly. Elsewhere the smalling ukraines getting a 250000000. 00 military aid package from the u. S. The stated aim is to boost the countrys defense abilities and help care of maintain domestic security as its been battling an insurgency in the east since 2014. The United States remains committed to helping ukraine to strengthen democratic civilian control of the military promote command and control reforms enhanced transparency and accountability in acquisition and budgeting in advance Defense Industry reforms the recently announced military aid part of a series of pentagon payments to ukraine since 2040 washingtons funding has now reached a total one and a half 1000000000. 00 in fact sniper rifles and rocket propelled grenade launchers are among the lethal and nonlethal arms which ukraine will get from the pentagon the u. S. Says the move reaffirms their long standing defense relationship you know what comes after reported spike to when fighting along the front line in the eastern donbass region in recent days the conflict is thought overall to have killed around 13000 people since that erupted now 5 years ago security analyst charles shubrick thinks the aid has the potential to to aggravate the conflict again. But what weve got here is again as far as previously released on one occasion previously weve got lethal weaponry being provided as well and of course that was resisted by obama and his administration him fearing i think that this would exacerbate the situation rather than actually improve it and that these weapons are marked as defensive of course almost all defensive weapons can be used offensively but in terms of the politics of this i think its quite. Significant because of course youve got a new recently elected president and of course it was part of the Election Campaign that he would like to see a reduction of tensions with russia and ultimately of course an end to the very catastrophic war that has taken place in the east of his country but on the other hand hes also made it clear in recent weeks that hes going to still stand very much with the west and allied to the u. S. And of course in a way those statements are now being rewarded perhaps with the continuation of this aid program well so i think the show political news room here at international so far this morning also much. Of course on our main site coleman if you dont load or up as well youll get any of those break in headlines as they have later on today straight to mobile device free of charge kevin i would hear moscow this morning saying thanks ever so much for watching have a great wednesday were. The. 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Greetings and salutations war is cancer inevitable to those who profit from it for those who pay for it the cost is just too high and that cost seems on the minds of World Leaders as tensions between iran and the United States intensified at least in the war of words last week the sabers were rattled toward iran after 2 more oil tankers were damaged off their shores and video released by the us seemed to suggest some arabian involvement as usual all options are on the table though the rhetoric took a sharp turn on tuesday when a radian president Hassan Rouhani told state television are wrong will not wage war against any nation those facing us are a group of politicians with little experience and response secretary of state might pompei it took umbrage with the very suggestion that his desire for war with iran was anything less than pure telling journalists in florida we are there to deter aggression President Trump does not want war of course despite a leader who doesnt want war the us announced yesterday it was sending a 1000 additional troops to the middle east and president try. Called the tanker attacks minor so which is it are we on the brink of world war 3 or not while acting defense secretary and former boeing executive Patrick Shanahan seems to think so as he announced this week that he authorized approximately those 1000 additional troops for defensive purposes to address arid able and ground based threats in the middle east then shanahan amounts to his removing himself from consideration for the job he just used to send a 1000 Young Americans into a war even he cant justify not that this will slow the or roll since a former lobbyist for raytheon this most likely taken as play its. So if this is all just a case of crossed wires ego has the lack of meaningful diplomacy amongst middle Eastern Countries and the interference by the u. S. U. K. And other western nations caused a complete breakdown of civility or is this a show for the American Voter to get them to exact big budget increases to modernize our Nuclear Arsenal and line the pockets of the Defense Industry under the guise of National Security while it looks like its time to take a breath and our feet take our fingers off the Nuclear Button and start watching the hawks. Want to be. The 1st real that this was. The plot of. The day like you are going to let the please. Welcome everyone to watch something happen to wallace and joining me today to discuss the latest in our Nuclear Arsenal and at the center of just about every war story is r. T. America correspondent sara montecito ok thank you for joining me for having me so syria what do the numbers tell us as far as the volume of Nuclear Weapons are the is the volume of Nuclear Weapons growing well there isnt actually a new report published by the Stockholm InternationalPeace Research and says 2 or 3 that shows that the numbers the volume the number of Nuclear Weapons is actually decreasing but thats a been in the past year so far fewer doesnt necessarily mean safe but let me show you the numbers according to the data published 9 states hold an approximate total of 13865 Nuclear Weapons now thats a to a Different Number than we saw last year now the states include the u. S. The u. K. Russia france and china and of course north korea but in 20 teena those states had 14465. 00 but even though weve seen a decrease of 600. 00 less a lot of what this report shows really is the