Rounding up some of the biggest stories from the past 7 days this is the weekly here on r. T. International im was on a low quite welcome to the program. Now bolivia has seen a week of deadly unrest since the resignation of president ever morales the ousted leader is now in mexico where hes claimed asylum and his supporters are calling for his return and refusing to recognize the new interim leadership brutal clashes have been raging in several cities and the death toll has now reached 23. 00 since the october election. And critical to the voters here we must recover democracy with a lot of patience and peaceful fights ago we must pacify build it go and then if im useful in anything but can bring peace to believe that we will do it with quote one front bullets well off to morale as was forced from power at senator janina in years declared herself interim president of bolivia critics say the move was illegal and goes against the constitution as she was not in line to be the next leader crucially though most of the army supported and yes and now under her control don a quarter takes up the story. A new force has seized bolivias political reigns her name is janine is and shes just declared herself interim president but if you did as president of the senate i immediately take on the state presidency for singing in the constitution and i swear to undertake all the measures necessary to bring peace to the country on us has long been a critic of her socialist predecessor of all more alice who was forced to resign several days ago after the army dropped its support she evoked the constitution to justify getting the top job and has called for new elections but i guess herself wasnt actually elected she was just next in line after the president Vice President and head of the senate all relinquished their posts even the legislature itself didnt really elect her because morales supporters boycotted that session now the real people who put her in power theyre a colorful bunch. Meet mr camacho he was part of a gang that wasted little time ransacking moraless former home. But these trespassers werent just a bunch of thieves they were searching for a more spiritual experience heres camacho and his buddies praying with a bible after breaking into the house one of their supporters praised it as christs return to the bolivian government the bible is returning to the government powerless never again will the pacha mama goodness return today christ is returning to the government powerless to live is for christ but you dont see that 2nd coming but then again come on shows long had a unique take on the lords work he spent years leaving a religious fundamentalist Organization Called the Santa Cruz Youth Union aside from its reputation for p. T. Its also a purveyor of right wing ideology how far to the right. Well it doesnt get much farther than this when you. Get. A sizable number of the oppositions activists may be a bit unhinged but its the political arm that is far more presentable carlos mesa was president before moralists and lost another election to him in october the think tank interamerican dialogue lists him as an expert on its website its d. C. Based and u. S. Government funded but may says connections to washington run far deeper than that according to wiki leaks he was corresponding with the u. S. Embassy in bolivia for years discussing the details of his political strategy no less in a meeting with the charge on october the 27th messam all but acknowledged that ever would win his constitution in january and that there was little point in taking that quick zadok of trying to defeat it of course that makes the white house pretty happy the resignation yesterday of bolivian president evo morales is a significant moment for democracy in the western hemisphere these events send a strong signal to the illegitimate regimes in venezuela nicaragua the democracy and the will of the people will always prevail but the situation on the ground is becoming increasingly unstable especially now that the military isnt being 100 percent cooperative right now. Because then you have refused to coordinate with the National Police or you are saying the military is being overtaken by criminal records which are just entering the capital as a bolivian do your job we do not want more you will be responsible for everything that happens if after my order which i make as president i stand it for the crimes done and it will be your responsibility on his may have gotten to the top sticking to the letter of the law but its going to take a lot more than that if she wants to patch up latin americas latest political vacuum what weve seen in bolivia with. I mean on years declare herself president in march into the the president ial palace holding a gigantic bible is actually more flamboyant than what weve seen anything weve seen from one why go to present himself as sort of a bookish dapper yuppie but weve also seen her seize power in violation of the constitution of bolivia a complete violation and today vote was rammed through in which anya is declared herself president but the majority of the senators who would have rejected her from his mosque party were not able to take part in the vote because their lives were threatened they basically had guns to their head their families were threatened if they showed up they could have been arrested or killed and so essentially you have a right wing dictatorship a military regime in power now in bolivia with no Constitutional Authority well bolivias political turmoil has also raised questions over the countrys Natural Resources some of predicting them around his departure could now open the door for Multinational Mining Companies libya is estimated to have some 9000000 tons of lithium reserves the 2nd largest in the world and that is significant as x. But its predicted Global Demand for the metal will triple within a decade the increase is being driven by the rapid expansion of certain markets that use lithium and is a key component in batteries for electric cars Consumer Electronics and military hardware Chuck Ousmane from the alliance for global justice thinks believe years been hit by the results. There is no question that washington is behind. The coup in bolivia. Regime change or 1st. Every country. Particularly that has resources in june of this year. Was going to be. Industrialized theyre there lithium. Its just export a Raw Materials but his plan was for bolivia to begin producing batteries sort of finding the lithium ion producing batteries themselves which cuts for. Transnational corporations for a profit stream. And some other Headline News the british cofounder of the controversial White Helmets rescue group in syria was found dead last monday in istanbul a pairing to have fallen from about kony all to james limousine or is death is life and what came under scrutiny and as we compete a profile was given a thorough rewrite a missing anything negative the missouri a was a former British Army Soldier he was recently accused by russia of being a former m i 6 agents the u. K. s Foreign Intelligence Service and the british media has been quick to point the finger at the kremlin over the death our Senior Correspondent mara guest of takes a closer look at the case. A tragic death for a man who made a living on tragedy james limits syria spent his life doing what he believed in which was remarkably similar to that what the British Foreign office and nato believe it almost point for point so naturally before anyone even knows how many bones were broken in his body after he fell from his apartment balcony that they dogpile russia its like an evolved limbic system fight flight or blame russia did russia kill white how much founder james the mysterious cofounder of White Helmets found dead days after russia claimed he was a spy did russia drive here a british aid boss to his death limits series crowding achievement was undoubtedly the creation of the White Helmets politically charged rescuers who went to Battle Alongside islamist terrorists even alqaeda is winning in syria called them brothers you know the phrase you want to know how man lived his life look at who his friends were and they were relentless progovernment propagandists bent on censoring everything they dont agree with 133612 edits to wikipedia have been made in the name of philip cross over 14 years thats over 30 edits per day 7 days a week and i do not use that figuratively wiki pedia edits the times and if you plot them the time card for philip crosses wiki pedia activity is astonishing if it is one individual before a day has passed since limits series death his friends began scrubbing his wiki pedia page the history of his life of all controversy whitewashing his biography philip cross the busy bee that he is really went to town making james as we keep pedia page all nice and pretty you read it now it was a st the times reported that delimits. Area was the subject of an intense black Propaganda Campaign for years my promise that activists and Russian Diplomats the New York Times reported that the group and there would be syria were the target of unfounded conspiracy theories when he isnt rewriting history 247 go figure philip likes to watch television all sorts of channels and then go and malign or try to discredit anyone he doesnt agree with such as government critics and he war activists and people who dont believe that the world is black and white if you peruse the added history on the wiki pedia page on can livingstone who also find the smartest fingerprints of that mr krause clearly if we could p. D. Allows a person who reveals their political agenda see attached to edit pages there is a huge problem this is clearly visible on my entry which has been overwhelmingly edited by cross and which is clearly unbalanced of course a much more probable explanation is that philip cross is a group of individuals paid to further the interests of the British Government than malign anyone that criticizes it or its policies they have no problem smearing and degrading others yet silly or Phillips Ashar i see theyre fine with doing it to others but talking about them is a no no back in 2018 someone wrote an article about philip cross and for his troubles the article was deleted and the author was bad for life for this philip cross did because considerable effort to read it in wikipedia entries for world known british anti establishment journalists bloggers authors and academics Philip Krause may be a pseudonym for a group of like minded individuals acting in concert there are reasons teachers tell students never to use wikipedia. Here is the source philip cross is one of those reasons the fact is that wiki pedia is not an Independence Organization its basically been set up by those who are very close links to western Intelligence Services their attempts to manipulate it and to make it appear that certain things are true that and theyre not and other things are not true when they are philip cross who is a very very strange person in the sense that hes a constantly changing with peter articles about controversial figures and he seems to be working around the clock so its looks to me as if hes working some kind of intelligence a service and in any case he might not even be a real individual so one of the problems weve got with dealing with any information like this is that people are out there manipulating information in real time. The president of iran has moved to quell massive anger over 50 percent hike in fuel prices and some rouhani said in sunday that the government will compensate people who suffer financially and theres been trouble in at least a dozen cities with building founded lies and pictures ever on Supreme Leader burned. The surprise fuel price rise announcement came on friday with the government saying the revenues will fund support for the poor the move is backed by irans Supreme Leader the Ayatollah Khamenei who described the rioting as a sample tars and called the protesters going against meanwhile washington has voiced its support for the protests a move that teheran slammed as hypocritical. As i said to the people of iran almost a year and a half ago the United States is with you i will not hire. People will not be taken advantage of by outsiders who put it cannot make pressure of a nation irans economy has been in freefall since the us reimpose sanctions off the pulling out of the International Nuclear deal last year the National Currency has lost 60 percent of its value on the fish oil markets and inflation hit 42 percent in the year leading up to october a sign from fuel prices the crisis has put a huge strain on the Health Care System with shortages of life saving medication but it will scientist can be believes that u. S. Sanctions have had a devastating impact on ordinary people. We are hearing increasing reports not just from you know reliable iranian sources but also from the u. N. And other International Organizations about the devastating effects of the u. S. Sanctions on ordinary rain ians particularly with respect to the import of much needed medicine and you know you also have the Overall Economic impact that is contributing to and employment and and so on all of which mr perle conveniently ignores and claims to be you know in support of the people shedding crocodile tear for them while imposing these harsh and savage economic sanctions on iran that are in violation of the u. N. Security Council Resolution 2231 as well as the International Agreement that the u. S. Unilaterally walked out of will be back with more stories that shape this week after this short break. The west in the western mindset is in decline the us is in relative decline china reason is rising your up some people see it as rising other people see this as declining its likely that the sort of western mindset and western culture will decline relative to eastern culture thats probably whats going to happen although you. Know i think anyone that says that something will happen is pushing it a bit. They put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president and. Want to be. That you want to be 1st thats what before 3 of them or 10 people are. Interested always in the water. Israel is facing the threats of economic demise that is if current demographic trends continue on changed so this is a think tank that claims its the countrys growing ultraorthodox population that lines at the heart of the problem middle east correspondent paula sleep reports. Israels survival depends on its ability to deal with external threats right wrong a new study by news radio think tank suggests that his radio does have been barking up the wrong tree when it comes to questions of existential crises one of the biggest problems to face this country in the coming years will come from the countrys ultra Orthodox Community certainly changes the character of the zionist jewish state as we know it. Will towards the dogs on the whole are not scientists they dont serve in the army today 9 percent of israelis are ultraorthodox in the next quarter of a century that figure will almost quadruple because of their high birth rate so that by 2065 some 35 percent of the population will be ultra religious the implications are huge but thank god the number of religious people is growing in this country and more jews want to be religious people are realizing that they need to take care of their souls not just their bodies so theyre turning to religion so there have to be afraid of anything still the effect on israels future economy is clear only a tiny percentage of ultra orthodox Male High School students study subjects like english math and science and with more than one in 3 im educated in 6 or less subjects israels future economy looks bleak so little choice in the us are actually unemployed board olds only are exempt from core curriculum they dont know english as adults if you dont know the word injured you cant operate a computer so israel if you leave here 2020 a quarter of your student body will be kids who are not study these basic skills and will become unemployed dulls this is a major threat to israels economy and its israels future yes graham is it may look like religious people are not working and theyre not providing for their families but that is a mistake quality of life is not just about Living Standards religious people dont need. An expensive car they dont need a huge house theyre happy with the more modest things in life religious people often stigmatize but many of those who study the torah have also studied Foreign Languages and many of the things israel is in one of the worlds most dangerous regions it requires a 1st World Economy to sustain a modern Effective Army just so that it can continue to exist the challenge really is one of life and death policy r t jerusalem. A university in hong kong has caught fire after rioters holed petrol bombs police who were guarding the building and beijing activists have barricaded themselves inside the hong kong polytechnic for several days and there are reportedly stockpiled Flammable Materials as arsenal these are the latest pictures from the scene of protesters have fled the area and so far there are no reports of injuries well the earlier in the week the fallout from the arrest was felt much further afield for the 1st time since the antigovernment demonstrations began activists attacked a hong kong official who was visiting london. Hong kong Justice Minister to resign chang was attacked by dozens of protesters to cheers more after getting out of a car chase down the street to chants of murder or chiang fell to the ground and suffered minor injuries according to a Chinese Government statement the minister is known for being a key figure behind the norm withdraw an extradition bill which triggered the hong kong protests china china urged the International Community to condemn the protesters who attacked miss chiang. The violent and more with perpetrators so organized on one communication committed the fragrance assault on the senior official of the pawn kong special Administrative Region it has once again proved that their rule intention is to destabilize hong kong now theyre taking such violence abroad and into the u. K. Their action deserves to be condemned not always by the entire Chinese People including the hong kong compatriots but also by the British Public and the International Community unanimously hong kongs violent week began with disturbing scenes of a man being set on fire after getting into an argument with protestors in please be one they were about to show you the moment of the attack which you might find upsetting to watch. Was one of the. Scenes that youd see in a war disaster zone that would shock even the most hardened viewers pictures from hong kong reach new lows the man in this Footage Police say he was attacked after arguing with a variety is the footage of the disorder is a regular feature on global news bulletins one could be forgiven for forgetting how and why this all began we must take action to demonstrate to president g. The United States senate stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of hong kong the people of hong kong are perfectly within their rights to be very skeptical very anxious about proposals for extradition to the mainland so yes i do support them and i will happily speak up to them and back them every inch of the way the u. K. Signed an internationally Binding Legal agreement in 1984 that in trying to the one country 2 systems rule in trying to the basic freedoms of the people of hong kong and we stand for square behind that agreement foursquare behind the people of hong kong all those months ago the. It is objectives and demands seem to be clear and as time has passed and lines blurred this has changed this isnt the 1st such case of targeted violence merely another step in a pattern of escalation a middle aged unarmed man left unconscious on the ground after of swarming attack by demonstrators global times journalist fuko our mobbed bound and beaten in hong kong airport for his support of war thora g. s juniors home a probe aging lawmaker falling victim to a knife attack which could have ended far worse amid rising arson looting and Violence Police are also upping the stakes live rounds have been used by officers is another protester in Critical Condition an officer plowing his motorbike into a mass of people 2 of them reportedly injured thousands wounded in clashes its almost a miracle the body count from the violence isnt higher some say the situation was predictable or thirtys claim its avoidable the protesters that they simply out of options the truth could lie somewhere in between but as the protests reach a point of no return compromise seems to be the last priority for any side. Well thats your roundup of some of the biggest stories from the past 7 days will be back here in around 30 minutes time with more c. N. N. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy. Let it be an arms race. Very Dramatic Development only really. I dont see how. You sit down and talk. The tense situation in venezuela is still all over the news the problem in venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented but that socialism has been only implement from the inside venezuela things are different were going to announce sanctions against the venezuela associate the. Famous will have a son of the moment goes. Down person. Data to. The people that the moment the focus of the who story isnt new makes. Henry kissinger to tell him not be tolerated in latin america an alternative economic and social system could take hold and therefore the policy would be to make. The economy scream so wants to make the economy of venezuela screed. You know worlds big partners through the lot and conspiracy its time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that Mainstream Media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the bad and shouting past each other its time for Critical Thinking its time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. Are. Going to welcome to world the part the more things change the more they stay the same this pronouncement by and 19th century french journalist has long become an international truism but it doesnt stop companies and people from paying sometimes big bucks to get a sneak peek into the future and hopefully a happy start in handling it is it worth it well to discuss that im now joined by u. K. Based futurist and author Richard Watson mr watson its good to talk to you thank you very much for making the time thank you for having me on now being a futurist these a very trendy preoccupation its also an increasingly competitive filled but how is it different from being a philosopher or historian or any kind of analyst for that matter well from my perspective its not its not very different i mean i acquired this and i still think slightly ludicrous job title but since having written a book about 11 years ago about what i thought would happen in the in. The future and ive always used the feature as an excuse to engage with people about what theyre doing right now and what they might like to do next so im somewhat cynical about a lot of the stuff that surrounds the socalled industry but i think it is quite a useful thing to do i know that you believe that the next 50 years of Human History will be determined by our relationship with the machines and i think this is a very popular notion nowadays but it strikes me as a little bit farai is in Human History all waste all timidly determined by our relationship with ourselves rather than the tools we invent use well its everything i think one of the mistakes a lot of technologists make is to look at technology in a very linear fashion and you have to consider the entire system the psychology the history Everything Everything that within that theres a great quote i use in my book for me i will say whos