For rounding up some of the biggest stories from the past 7 days this is the weekly here on r. T. International welcome to the program. Now bolivia has seen a week of deadly unrest since the resignation of president that morales the ousted leader is now in mexico where he has claimed asylum and his supporters are calling for his return while 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 of the class 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 you know that we will do it with quite without bullets well all of them are as was forced from power as senator and years declared herself interim president of bolivia critics say the move was illegal and goes against the constitution and she was not in line to be the next leader crucially though most of the army supported that yes and now under her control don a quarter takes up the story. A new force has seized bolivias political reins her name is janine and shes just declared herself interim president but if you did as president of the senate i immediately take on the state presidency for scene in the constitution and i swear to undertake all the measures necessary to bring peace to the country i mean as has long been a critic of her socialist predecessor of omar alice who was forced to resign several days ago after the army dropped its support she invoked 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 there are 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 leading 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 though 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 zone think 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 or 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. Is that you have refused to coordinate with the National Police or you are saying the military is being overtaken by criminal records which are destroying to 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 john 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 a. I mean on years declare herself president and march into the. President ial palace holding a gigantic bible is actually more flamboyant than what weve seen anything weve seen from one y. Dove who presents himself as sort of a bookish dapper yuppie but weve also seen her seize power in violation of the constitution of bolivia in 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 this is 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. The british cofounder of the controversial White Helmets rescue group in syria was found dead last monday in istanbul appearing to fall and from a balcony off to james live in syrias death his life and work came on to scrutiny and as we kapiti a profile was given a thorough rewrite admitting anything negative noma syria was a former British Army Soldier he was recently accused by russia of being a former m i 6 agent the u. K. s Foreign Intelligence Service and the british media has been quick to point the finger at the kremlin over his death a Senior Correspondent 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 the missouri crowding achievement was undoubtedly the creation of the White Helmets politically charged rescuers who went to Battle Alongside islamist terrorists even al qaeda is winning in syria called them brothers you know the phrase you want to know how a 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 the dilemma. 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 in low lying 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 phillip 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 cross may be a pseudonym for a group of like minded individuals acting in concert there are reasons teachers tell students never to use wikipedia. Dia as a 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 there are 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 constantly changing were competing or articles about controversial figures and he seems to be working round the clock serve 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 while staying with syria earlier this week in an exclusive interview with r. T. President Bashar Al Assad talked about the militias actions of some Foreign Countries in syria you can watch that rare interview any time on our website r. T. Dot com or on our you tube channel. How did i says roy roth suddenly in 2014 out of nowhere after nothing. In iraq and syria at the same time with american armament. The be physically the russians are saying that the us is stealing 30000000. 00 of oil a month from Northern Syria is this a trump budgeting chip in the geneva talks why would net oil export or like the usa be interested in 30000000. 00 of oil a month no things i says the started spiking syrian oil and oil in 2014 they had 2 partners had a guy and his coterie and the american with the cia or the american always try to loot other countries in in different ways in different ways regarding thier not only all in all money or Financial Resources they do their rights. Their rights Political Rights every every other right to the historical role at least after world war 2 and as for girlish forces are they just tired after serving the years i mean your understanding is they took money from. The United States the cia i know youre welcoming them back youre worth 1st of all there is the if is not only could its mix of kurds and of and others 2nd when we talk about the is the of because in the. Prevent part of the measured it was because they had good relation of the government and the measured it all because support that support the government but this which is called the people id is the one who is being supported by the americans publicly they are men their money they smuggled oil together. They are american. Agents to be with most of them how did odin 30 all of them i dont know. All of them but their party policy during the last few years is to invite the american trustee to be angry when the american wants to leave. And to say we dont want to join the syrian army simply had you saying exactly what mr one would trade 3 of d. S. D. Of all them actually they got has his own agenda which is to part his own agenda as Muslim Brotherhood and the american agenda as a puppet so its to pot but their work intended to usher in death. But at the same time though those group. The way to give him the excuse and the reason to invite syria that doesnt mean. Vision is legal is legal in every sense all the world but to give him the pretext cause hes been in ells you for your that he wanted to invade the northern part of syria and he wanted to clean that area from the terrorists and he mean the people. Because it gave him the. Excuse but what happened 1st why they were to blame but out of the news invader. The president of iran has moved to quell mass anger over 50 percent hike in fuel prices has found rouhani said on sunday that the government will compensate people who suffer financially theres been trouble in at least a dozen cities with buildings vandalized and pictures of iran supremely and. 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 iran supremely to the ayatollah home how many who describe the rioting of sabotage and called the protesters who are against meanwhile washington has voiced its supports for the protests a move that several months lambdas hypocritical. As i said to the people of iran almost a year and a half ago the United States is with you i dont know. People will not be taken advantage of by outsiders who put it can all make pressure of a nation irans economy has been in freefall since the u. S. Reimpose sanctions after pulling out of the International Nuclear deal last year the National Currency has lost around 60 hp. Cent of its value on the unofficial markets and inflation hit 42 percent in the year leading up to october aside from fuel prices the crisis has put a huge strain on the Health Care System with shortages of life saving medication political scientist kaveh f. S. E. R. P. Believes that the 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 orderly and particularly with respect to import 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 the claims to be you know in support of the people are shedding crocodile tears 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. A university in hong kong has caught fire after rioters help petrol bombs at police who were surrounding the building and beijing activists had barricaded themselves inside the hong kong polytechnic and its believed they started the fire to prevent police from entering most of the blaze has now been extinguished but activists hand stockpiled fuel along with bows and arrows and during the standoff one Police Officer was injured by one of those arrows there is still a heavy security presence and police have been using water cannon and take us to clear nearby streets. Well earlier in the week the fallout from the unrest 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 raise the chain was attacked. Dozens of protesters she was mobbed after getting out of a car and chased down the streets to chance of murder chang fell to the ground and suffered minor injuries according to a Chinese Government statement the ministry is known for being a key figure behind the now withdrawn extradition bill which triggered the hong kong protests. Urged that International Community to condemn the protesters who attacked miss chang. The violent and more with perpetrators so organized on one communication committed the fragrant assault on the senior official of the Hong Kong SpecialAdministrative 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 well hong kongs violent week began with disturbing scenes of a man being set on fire after getting into an argument with protestors please be warned that we are about to show you the moment of the attack which you might find upsetting to watch. Was one of. The seams that youd see in a war or 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 riots his 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 demonstrators objectives and demands seem to be clear 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 food mobs 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 claim its avoidable the protestors 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. Israel is facing the threat of economic demise that is if current demographic trends continue unchanged so says a think tank they claimed its the countrys growing ultraorthodox population that lies at the heart of the issue our middle east correspondent paula slit reports. Israels survival depends on its ability to deal with external threats right wrong a new study by news radio think tank suggest cities radiators 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 but 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 the 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 and educated in 6 or less subjects israels future economy looks bleak some little chores 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 come as it may look like religious people are not working and theyre not providing for their families 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 modest things in life religious people often stigmatizes but many of those who study the torah have also studied Foreign Languages and many other things israel is 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. R. T. Jerusalem well thats your roundup of some of the biggest stories from the past 7 days will be back here in iraq those who are this time with more see them. Thats geysers financial Survival Guide liquid assets those that you can convert music past quite easily. To keep in mind no assets im into a place. For. What politicians do. They put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president. For something i want to be. The 2 going to be the 1st to say what before reasonable people. Interested in the water. There should be. Alone and welcome to world the parts 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 preacher and 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 all that 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 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 future as an excuse to engage with people about what theyre doing right now and what they might like to do next so im 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 always altima to be determined by our relationship with ourselves rather than the tools we invent and use well its everything i think one of the mistakes a lot of technologists make is to is to purely 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 from wilson whos an american evolutionary biologist which is that we have fucking number we have the brains of the page the institutions of the medieval and the technology of the gods and he wasnt being terribly complementary i mean technology is accelerating extremely fast in certain areas computing and genetics primarily we still essentially have the same brains that we crawled out of caves with and there is a problem emerging that we either have to merge with the machines or reject or restrain some of this technology but the previous industrial revolutions also happened very quickly in a matter of days