president nicholas maduro is seeking a third term. he's. says, if elected, he would call for national dialogue to reconstruct venezuela. our correspondent camilla escalante joined us from caracas to tell us more. camilla. day here in venezuela. today, this evening, i attended the closing presidential campaign rally of incumbent president nicolas maduro that took place on avenida bolivar in the center of the capital karacas here. there were, there must have been hundreds of thousands of people. it was perhaps the biggest march i've been to at least in several years here in venezuela, and of course those followers of the commander ugo chavez who continue to support the boulevar and revolution and its achievements, say that they will be supporting president nicholas maduro comes. we heard uh president maduro speak about uh what he considers to be the achievements of recent years, which of course venezuela was able to get foothold uh in terms of the economy, it was having a lot of difficulties, including as everyone knows hyperinflation,

earlier press tv's kamelanta gave us picture of the general mood in venezuela. after nicholas maduro's win and the presidential vote. this country has seen time and time again, when the opposition loses, they refuse to accept the result. there have been uh many uh two dozen or more elections in in uh the last 20 years, and when they lose, they tend to not accept the elections, but we saw the way in which the opposition trying to tried to... an operation to try to discredit and delegitimize the electoral process long before the vote took place, and if you're on social media right now and go to x, you can see all of the statements that have been made by personalities and politicians such as javier milet, but many others of the latin american right wing and probably in spain and other places as well, so it seems as if that's what's going to happen, there will be another attempt to try to uh... delegitimized the elections that took place today, even though there was such convincing turnout, i'm not sure if you uh noted it and in the story before i came on, but it was very high turnout, far

venezuela's current president nicholas maduro is seeking a third term in office. maduro and his ruling party are facing electoral challenges, like the opposition parties have come together to support a single candidate. edmundo gonzales is representing the opposition coalition and has gained his own traction. 21 million venezuelans are eligible to take part in the sunday election. the next president will stay in power for a six-year term beginning on january 10, 2025. we were joined by our correspondent in caracus camilla escalante for more details about the election uh but polls will be opening at 6 am before 6 am at 5 am there's something called the toke de diana and that is uh when all of the chivistas take to the streets coming out from different points. the city and the country to ring in election day, people get out really early, and the intention there is to motivate people to go to the polls to vote as early as possible, hopefully at 6 pm is what they would, 6 am is what they would like to see, to make sure that people are able to cast their ballots. earli

we've witnessed a massive rally in support of the reelection of president nicholas maduro. the period of electoral silence begins on friday and on sunday. we'll be reporting at the polls and following. developments closely. camilla escalante, press tv, karakas. and that's it for your latest here on press tv. everyone, thank you for tuning in, and goodbye for now. one of the problems that has always bothered people with disabilities who have to use a wheelchair is their reliance on the people around them, and that is in large part because of the sheer weight of the wheelchairs that they're sitting on, but what if there was a way to make these wheelchairs a lot lighter without sacrificing on their strength and durability? well that's exactly what we're going to be exploring in this week's episode of eurontec. i believe that working together we can make history. what's going on everyone, alira here back with a brand new episode of iran take and one of the problems that has always bothered people with disabilities is their dependence on the people around them to move around, an

iran has congratulated venezuelan president nicholas maduro on his re-election in the country's presidential vote. iran's acting foreign minister ali. kani praise. the voter turned out in venezuela's presidential election despite the unfair sanctions imposed on the country. bargari can emphasize tehran's support for venezuela's national development plans and call for stronger bilateral cooperation. china has also congratulated maduro on his re-election and stressed the great importance of strengthening ties with venezuela. china congratulates venezuela for smoothly holding the presidential election and congratulates president nicholas maduro for his re-election. china and venezuela are good friends and partners supporting each other, this year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relationship between china and venezuela. beijing emphasize the importance of strengthening strategic partnership with karacas, russian president vladimir. has also congratulated maduro and said his victory will continue to contribute to develop russia-venezuela relations, messages of congra

venezuela's current president nicholas maduro is seeking a third term in office. maduro and his ruling party are facing electoral challenges as the opposition parties have come together to support a single candidate. gonzalez is representing the opposition coalition and has gained some traction. 21 million venezuelans are eligible to vote in sunday's election, the next presidental staying power for the next six-year turn beginning january 10th, 2025. and joining us out of caracas says committed escalante press tv correspondent for more on the story. camilla, hope you're doing well out there. um, all you can about what we're expecting to see today? well, it's still uh saturday night for us here in caracas uh, but polls will be opening at 6 a.m. before 6 a.m. at 5 am, there's something called the tokketana, and that is when all of the chivistas take to the streets, coming out from different points of the city and the country to ring in election day. people get out really early and the... intention there is to motivate people to go to the polls to vote as early as po

maduro is seeking a third term in office. and his ruling party are facing electoral challenges as the opposition parties have come together to support a single candidate. edmundo gonzalez is representing the opposition coalition and has gained his own traction. 21 million venezuelans are eligible to take part in the sunday election. the next president will stay in power for a six-year term beginning on january 10, 2025. early we were joined by correspondents in caracas camela. escalante for more details about the election uh, but polls will be opening at 6 a.m. before 6 a.m. at 5 am, there's something called the tok de diana, and that is uh, when all of the chivistas take to the streets, coming out from different points of the city and the country, to ring in election day, people get out really early, and the intention there is to motivate people, to go to the polls to vote as early as possible, hopefully at 6 pm is what they would, 6 a.m. is what they would like to see to make sure that people are able to cast their ballots. earlier this evening, president nicholas maduro spoke to in

we've witnessed a massive rally in support of the reelection of president nicholas maduro. the period of electoral silence begins on friday and on sunday. we'll be reporting at the polls. and following developments closely. camiles galante, press tv, karacas. a rising wildfire in the us state of california's force authorities. to evacuate thousands of people as firefighters are still battling the blaze, according to the california department of forestry and fire protection fire is so far consumed nearly 240,000 acres, making it one of the largest plays is recorded in the state's history, now wind gusts and dry conditions is stoke dozens the wildfires in recent days emits scorching temperatures in the us west, officials arrested a 42-year-old man on suspicion of starting the blaze, they say that 134 structures have been destroyed and what they're calling the park fire so far, that's it for your latest here on press tv, everyone thanks for tuning in and bye-bye for now. modest fashion shows have become a constant reality in the west with many headjob wearing rich muslim women

we've witnessed a massive rally in support of the re-election of president nicholas maduro. the period of electoral silence begins on friday and on sunday will be reporting at the polls and following developments closely. camiles galante, press tv, karacas. rising wf in the usa of california is forced authorities have to evacuate thousands of people's. firefighters are still battling the blaze, according to the california department of forestry and fire protection, fire so far consumed nearly 240,000 acres, making it one largest blazes recorded in california history. wind gusts and dry conditions of stoked dozens of wildfires in recent days emit scorching temperatures in the us west. officials have arrested a 40-42-year-old man on suspicion of starting the blaze. they say that 134. structures have been destroyed in the park fire so far, and that's it for your latest here on press tv, everyone, thank you for tuning in and goodbye for now. defending their own land against the crimes of zionists they're making a stand helping such nation is it an act of terror too when the lead

venezuela's president nicholas maduro has won reelection to another six-year term in office. with 80% of the polling stations counted a 59% turnout. the results are as follows: first nicolas maduro mororos obtained. 5,150,992 votes with 51.2%. we congratulate the new president of the bolivarian republic of venezuela candidate nicolas maduro morus. maduro has hailed his win as victory against what he called imperialism. he's been already in power for 12 years and the win gives him a third term, but his main opponent edmundo gonzalez, who was quick to claim victory after the election. has refused to recognize the results. gonzalez is allegging irregularities and has called for new vote. iran has congratulated venezuelan president nicholas maduro at his victory in the country's presidential election. iran's acting for a minister welcome the large turnout in the election despite threats and unfair sanctions that it has been facing. alibakarikani reiterated iran support for venezuela's national development plans and call for stronger bilateral cooperation. cuban president miguel d

we've witnessed a massive rally in support of the reelection of president nicholas maduro. the period of electoral silence begins on friday, and on sunday will be reporting at the polls and following developments closely. atlante, press tv, caracas. and our final story for the press tv news bolton authorities in the us state of california have evacuated thousands of people as firefits battle roaring wallfire. according to californian department of forestry and fire protection, fire is now consumed over 239,00 acres, making it one. the largest fires recorded in the state's history. massive wall fire was started in canada's fueled by hot and dry weather and this is caused extensive damage to thousands of homes, caused injuries and forced evacuations. a similar fire in 2018 killed more than 85 people and destroyed thousands of residential structures. local officials caution that it'll take some time before people will be allowed back in their homes. that's a wrap for your latest here on press tv everyone, thank you for tuning in and goodbye for now. the extraordinary life and

venezuelan president nicholas maduro cas his ballot early after the polls opened.port a single candidate edmundo gonzalez. economy and mass immigration from the country are among the top concerns of the voters. 21 million venezuelans are eligible to take part in sunday's election that where the polls will close at 6 p.m. local time. our correspondent camilla escalante joined us earlier from the capital karacas for an update on the presidential election in venezuela. "the polls opened here at 6 a.m. shortly after 6 a.m. we saw president nicholas maduro and his wife, uh, also legislator, celia florz, uh, cast their ballots and he gave statements to the press. he appealed to the venezuelan people to go out and cast their ballots. he appealed to the opposition and anyone inside or outside of the country trying to disrupt these elections, to not do so and to let the elections go forward in peace in. tranquility without any sort of disruption neither today nor tomorrow or in the weeks to come, and he also said that in this coming period, if he is reelected, that he will

now venezuelan president nicholas maduro's vout to promote peace and... prosperity as he seeks a third term in office, i have done my best, i feel more and more energetic, healthier, younger and more and more committed, i am prepared for a great victory, i know that our people were do it again, we will win again and the flood gates will open for a blessed miraculous time of peace, stability and prosperity, maduro was speaking on thursday as venezuela's ruling party and opposition close the official presidential campaign, people will cast their votes on sunday to choose new president, incumbent maduro was leading the united socialist party that has ruled venezuela since 2007. opposition candidate edmundo gonzales has attracted support as well. he is a former diplomat and represents the unitary platform coalition. 21 million venezuelans are eligible to take part in the sunday election. the next president will stay in power. for a six-year term beginning on january the 10th, 2025. our correspondent camilla esgalante joined us earlier from caracas, she tells us more about the election mode

what's being denounced right now by the government through the head of the campaign of nicholas maduro, jorge rodriguez, the spokesperson, he has said that on sunday an operation will be underway to try to push supposed results that are not. in the form of so-called exit poles, which are not legal in this country and that are not, they are not legal because they don't come from the electoral authority, the national electoral council, the cna by its acronym, and it's important to know that this country has five public powers and one of them is the electoral authority, they are the only ones who are able to disseminate the official results, the preliminary results and the final official results. now let me turn for. francisco richard, richard, uh, you know, the the us has been poking at nose into affairs of latin countries uh, throughout the years, as you know, serving like backyard for the us, as many observers calling it, hasn't it, i mean, hasn't it changed, i mean, isn't this still uh, the same time, i mean things have changed, circumstances have changed, so what is it that washingto

venezuelan president nicholas maduro has vowed to promote peace and prosperity as he seeks a third term in office. "i have done my best. i feel more and more energetic, healthier, younger, and more and more committed. i am prepared for a great victory. i know that our people will do it again. we will win again, and the flood gates will open for blessed miraculous time of peace, stability and prosperity. maduro was speaking on thursday as venezuela's ruling party in opposition closed the official presidential campaign people. will cast their votes on sunday to choose new president and cubed banduro is leading the united socialist party that has ruled venezuela since 2007 opposition candidate edmundo gonzales has attracted support as well. he's a former diplomat and represents uh the unitary platform coalition. 21 million venezuelans are eligible to take part in the sunday election. the next president will stay in power for a six-year term beginning on january the. 10th, 2025. our correspondent camilla esgalante joined us earlier from caracas. she tells us more about the election mode in

venezuelan nicholas, president that is nicholas maduro says us is metaling in alatin american country's internal affairs and using a media platforms against him. earlier in our news review program we discussed this allegation in depth with our guests. here it is. the venezuelan president has once again taken a swipe at western media for their alleged attempt to discredit the electoral process in his country. the us have tried to make us invisible a thousand times, now their operations are being run by the man. stream media were the hitman of lies, the efe agents in spain, the ifb, the ap, cnn and several television stations here. maduro was addressing his supporters in a campaign rally in the western state of tachera. he accused the us, particularly of midling in venezuela's internal affairs by using media propaganda against them. millions of voters will be heading for the polls in sunday to elect the new president. maduro is in the race to win the top executive. post for a third term, this is not a first time the us has been accused of trying to influence elections in the wild rate sou

what's being denounced right now by the government through the head of the campaign of nicholas maduro, jorge rodriguez, the spokesperson, he has said that on sunday an operation will be underway to try to push supposed results that are not official in the form of so-called exit poles, which are not legal in this country and that are not, they are not legal because they don't come from the elec'. authority, the national council, the cna by executive, and it's important to know that this country has five public powers and one of them is the electoral authority, they are the only ones who are able to disseminate the official results, the preliminary results and the final official results. now let me turn over to san francisco, richard becker, richard, uh, you know, the the us has been poken at nose into affairs of lifetime countries uh throughout the years, as you know, serving... like backyard for the us as many observers calling it, hasn't it, i mean hasn't it changed, i mean isn't it still uh the same time, i mean things have changed, circumstances have changed, so what is it that was

>> as you mentioned, earlier today, nicholas maduro gave a press conference, really, a statement to thethere were no questions allowed. essentially, he outlined the government would publish the vote tallies that many governments and the opposition asked for. though, he gave no indication of when that would be. he asked the supreme court to take action against people who his government have described as terrorists, people who have been protesting against the result of the disputed election. he directly accused opposition leaders of inciting violence. leaders in his government have said he should be arrested. this message from him today, his message to the supreme court, it's potentially leading the way to more bass arrest and detention in the country. the prosecutor for the government said there have been more than a thousand people arrested as a result of protests over the last few days. we have been it near where one at present is in the city. there were human rights groups out there concerned about what is happening. families are desperately awaiting information about their family. it

venezuela's president nicholas maduro has or rather says that the us is medaling in the latin american country's internal affairs by using media propaganda against them earlier in our news are program we discuss the issue in detail with our guests it's listening. the venezuelan president has once again taken a swipe at west. media for their alleged attempt to discredit the electoral process in his country. the us have tried to make us invisible a thousand times, now the operations are being run by the mainstream media were the hitman of lies, the efe agents in spain, the afp, the ap, cnn and several television stations also based here. maduro was addressing his supporters in a campaign rally in the western. of tachira, he accused the us, particularly of midling in venezuela's internal affairs by using media propaganda against them. millions of voters will be heading for the polls on sunday to elect the new president. maduro is in the race to win the top executive post for the third term. this is not a first time the us has been accused of trying to influence elections in the wild rich

the venezuelan president nicholas maduro says us is medling latin american countries internal affairs by using media propaganda against him. we discussed this with our guest earlier in our news review program. the venezuelan president has once again taken a swipe at western media for their alleged attempt to discredit the electoral process in his country. the us have tried to make us invisible a thousand times. now the operations are being run by the mainstream media for the hitman of lies. the efa supporters in a campaign rally in the western state of taera. he accused the us particularly of melling in venezuela's internal affairs by using media propaganda against them. millions of voters will be heading for the polls on sunday to elect a new president. maduro is in the race to win the top executive post for the third term. this is not a first time the us says been accused of trying to influence elections in the wild rich south american country. in 2019, the us and many western governments recognized opposition figure juan guiido as venezuela's president without him being elected. ti

venezuela's current president nicholas maduro is seeking a third term in office.ection. the president will begin his turn. on january 10 of next year, find out more from camilla escalante who joins us uh from caracas to tell us more. well, camilla, tell us what you have for us. hi there, well, we are in downtown caratas and i'm in front of a polling station now. there's very long lines and i'm hearing reports of long lines around uh the city where we have other uh colleagues from other media outlets. the poll is opened here at 6 a.m. shortly after 6 am we saw president nicholas maduro and his wife uh is also legislator, celia florz uh cast their ballots and he gave statements to the press. he appealed to the venezuelan people to go out and cast their ballots. he appealed to the opposition and anyone inside or outside of the country trying to disrupt these elections to not do so and to let the elections go forward in peace in tranquility without any sort of disruption neither today nor tomorrow and or in the weeks to come, and he also said that in this coming perio

we've witnessed a massive rally in support of the re-election of president nicholas maduro. the period of electoral silence begins on friday and on sunday will be reporting at the polls and following developments closely. camiles galante, press tv, karakas. and finally, moving to the uk where brutal police assaults and a muslim family have sparked public. outrage and protests, that after a video went viral showing the british police, kicking a muslim man and standing on his head, was stamping on his head. esa akademi brings us a report from the northern english city of manchester. shock waves have rippled through the muslim community in the uk in the wake of incident involving british police officers brutally attacking family of muslim citizens of pakistani origin at manchester airport. in the footage that has since gone viral online, police officers can be seen attacking at least two men, with one policeman, kicking a man as he lies on the ground, posing no threat, he then stamps on the victim's head with full force, narrowly avoiding making full contact in what many say wa

iran's congratulated the venezuelan president nicholas maduro on his re-election victory. iran's acting for mr. adigh kenny praise voter turn out venezuela's president. election despite unfair sanctions imposed on the country, bagadi can emphasized tohon support for venezuela's national development plans and call for stronger bilateral cooperation. china has also congratulated maduro on his re-election, victory and stressed a great importance of strengthening ties with venezuela. china congratulates venezuela for smoothly holding the presidential election and congratulates president nicholas maduro for his re-election. china and venezuela are good friends and partners supporting each other. this year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relationship between china and venezuela. beijing emphasized the importance of strengthening strategic partnership with karackis. russian president vladimir putin also congratulated maduro and said his victory will continue to contribute to the developing russia-venezuelan relations. messages. congratulations pourd

maduro spoke to international guests, some of whom are observers, other are our guests uh during this election, and he said that he assured that there will be victory uh of re-election for he and his party and his supporters, he said that this country under uh his leadership has become food sufficient, food sovereign and is able now to produce for all of the country. he said that they were able to overcome the issues of uh of uh inflation and that the boulevard is growing stronger in international trade, and he said this is the lowest inflation uh that we've seen in many decades. he also had message for president of argentina meleet uh, he and other far right actors in latin america have been sending messages trying to provoke something, trying to delegitimize these elections and uh and he also said that while there is lot of uh work done by the opposition in terms of bots, in terms of ai and trying to spread misinformation over social media and through the media, that nicholas maduro's campaign has been able to build real power and for that reason they'll be getting real votes and pe

venez as well as current president nicholas maduro is seeking a third term in office. maduro and his ruling party are facing electoral challenges as the opposition parties have come together to support a single candidate. edmundo gonzalez is representing the opposition. coalition and has gained his own traction. 21 million venezuelans are eligible to take part in the sunday election. the next president will stay in power for a six-year term beginning on january the 10th, 2025. earlier we joined by correspondent in caracas camela escalante. for more details about the election. uh, but polls will be opening at 6 a.m. or before 6 a.m. at. 5 am there's something called the toke the diana and that is uh when all of the chivistas take to the streets coming out from different points of the city and the country to ring in election day, people get out really early and the intention there is to motivate people to go to the polls to vote as early as possible, hopefully at 6 pm is what they would 6 a.m. is what they would like to see to make sure that people are able to cast their

what's being denounced right now by the government through the head of the campaign of nicholas maduro, jorge rodriguez, the spokesperson, he has said that on sunday an operation will be underway to try to push supposed results that are not official in the form of so-called exit poles, which are not legal in this country and that are not uh... "they are not legal because they don't come from the electoral authority, the national electoral council, the cna by its acronym, and it's important to know that this country has five public powers and one of them is the electoral authority. they are the only ones who are able to disseminate the official results, the preliminary results and the final official results. now let me turn over to san francisco, richard bicker, richard, uh, uh, you know, the the us has been poken of nose into affairs of last. some countries uh throughout the years, as you know, serving like backyard for the us, as many observers calling it, hasn't it, i mean hasn't changed, i mean isn't still uh the same time. and things have changed, circumstances have changed, so wha

maduro, jorge rodriguez, the spokesperson, he has said that on sunday an operation will be underway to try to push supposed results that are not official in the form of so-called exit poles, which are not legal in this. country and that are not uh, they are not legal because they don't come from the electoral authority, the national electoral council, the cna, by its allonym, and it's important to know that this country has five public powers and one of them is the electoral authority, they are the only ones who are able to disseminate the official results, the preliminary results and the final official results. anything else that's disseminated ahead of that is not uh legal and is not shouldn't be as correct, and so there are some concerns that the uh that the campaign is warning about that the that the plan of the opposition is to try to get this false information out and that they will be working with the international media and on social media uh and the the uh supporters of the venezuelan opposition to uh try to uh disseminate results that are um that are not clear that are pre

what's being denounced right now by the government through the head of the campaign of nicholas maduroge rodriguez, the spokesperson, he has said that on on sunday an operation will be underway to try to push supposed results that are not official in the form of so-called exit poles which are not legal in this country and that are not uh they are not legal because they don't come from the electoral authority, the national electoral council, the cna by its argument, and it's important to know that this country has five public powers and one of them is the electoral authority, they are the only ones who are able to... disseminate the official results, the preliminary results and the final official results. now let me turn over to san francisco, richard becker, richard, uh, you know, the the us has been poken of nose into affairs of lifetime countries uh throughout the years, as you know, serving like backyard for the us, as many observers calling it, hasn't it, i mean, hasn't it changed, i mean, isn't it still uh, the same time, i mean things have changed, circumstances have changed, so

venezuela's current president nicholas maduro is seeking a third. term in office, maduro and his ruling party are facing electoral challenges, those the opposition parties have come together to support a single candidate. edmundo gonzalez is representing the opposition coalition and has gained his own traction. 21 million venezuelans are eligible to take part in sunday's election. the next president will stay in power for a six-year term beginning january 10th, 2025. now russia says opening ceremony of the paris olympic games was a massive failure, russian foreign ministry spokeswoman criticized what she called the ridiculous open air opening ceremony and said organizers did not think of either seating the clouds or... setting up onings. mario zakarova was referring to russia's practice of sending up planes ahead of major outdoor events to attempt to break up the clouds. sakanova mocked the transport collapse on the day after three arsent attacks on the rail system and france blaming this on sabotage. she also listed other gaps such as introducing the south korean delegation as north ko

venezuela's president nicholas maduro has says rather that the us is medaling in the latin american country'stheir operations are being romb by the mainstream media were the hitman of lies, the efe agents in spain, the ifb, the ap, cnn and several television stations also based here. maduro was addressing his supporters in a campaign rally in the western state of taera, he accused the us, particularly of midling in venezuela's internal affairs by using media propaganda against them. millions of voters will be heading for the poles on sunday to elect the new president. maduro is in the race to win the top executive post for the third term. this is not a first time the us has been accused of trying to influence elections in the wild rich south american country. in 2019 the us and many western governments recognized opposition thick. as venezuela's president without him being elected, time not to discuss this, so i'm inviting two guests, our correspondent camela escalante, joining me from caracas, richard becker, activists with the answer coalition from san francisco, good to see you both, now l

venezuela's president nicholas maduro says, " is medling in the latin american country's internal affairs by using media propaganda against them earlier in our news review program we discuss the issue in detail with our guest let stick a listen. the venezuelan president has once again taken a swipe at western media for their alleged attempt to discredit the electoral process in his country. "the us have tried to make us invisible a thousand times, now the operations are being round by the mainstream media for the hitman of lies, the efe agents in spain, the afp, the ap, cnn and several television stations here, and maduro was addressing his supporters in a campaign rally in the western state of tachira, he accused the us, particularly of midling in venezuela's internal affairs by using media propaganda." against them, millions of voters will be heading for the poles on sunday to elect the new president. maduro is in the race to win the top executive post for the third term. this is not a first time the us has been accused of trying to influence elections in the world rich south american c

maduro because he is the president of the people, the president who will lead us to peace, who will bring us happiness. voting in the election is the only way to exercise our right and to bring about what we want for our. country, he is the hope of venezuela. maduro represents all that venezuela is, and that's what we have to support. it's very important to vote this sunday because we're going to decide the future of venezuela, because there's only one candidate who's our candidate, that's nicolas maduro. he's the guarantee of peace, so we believe participating in the election is important. the incumbent president has promised to advance the beliviran revolution and maintain peace and stability in the country. maduro's leadership has put the country on better footing economically. for peace, independence, stability and for genuine democracy, love and reconciliation. the main task at the moment is to unite all venezuelans. the president's main challenger, edmundo gonzalez held a similar rally in the upscale las mercedes neighborhood, joined by maria karina machado. a prominent far ri

that that nicholas maduro. we have been _ that that nicholas maduro.e about that particular, comment as supporters say they should not be taken literally and he's to the opposition protesting if he wins the election whereas his critics have said that sort of rhetoric is at potential violence if he loses so the meaning is a slightly disputed but it raised alarm bells because there is going concern about whether the result will be respected because certainly prior to this election at the opposition had huge momentum behind them and were feeling i had on public opinion. even though the opposition leader was banned from standing, the opposition united behind her replacement edmundo gonzalez and they feel they have the country on their side and the majority of the country behind them and they have independent counters at some polling stations were planning to count the paper votes as well as those done electronically to see if they match up. there are certainly going to be significant sound raised by the opposition of the result is not as they expect. and w

maduro, you can see there a semi armorer's vehicle. i can see that from the bottom people around me are shouting on a microphone that they want freedom and that they want leave the streets until nicolas maduro is ousted. >> oppose upon reporting from caracas julie took a widths is the new york times andes bureau chief covering venezuela and other countries in south america. she joins me now from bogota in colombia, a pleasure to have you with us thanks so much. >> nicholas maduro has formally declared victory in the wake of venezuela's election, but the opposition coalition rejects his wins, saying there records show their candidate edmundo gonzalez received 70% of the vote compared to maduro's 30% what's been the reaction inside? the, outside of the country to that sure. >> there was a lot of energy behind it. and the gonzalez and maria corina machado, who is the opposition leader, who is backing him and so when the results came in very late last night, early morning, monday there was a lot of frustration, a lot of voter frustration,

maduro gains more than 51% of the votes and wins the election race, but not everyone is ready to accept such results, the opposition said that... he is considering maduro's main opponent in the elections, gonzalez, as president-elect. argentine leader milei, even before the announcement of the first results, said that he did not recognize maduro’s victory. peru, chile and costa rica also do not believe in victoria, and us secretary of state blinken hastened to declare that the voting results allegedly do not reflect the will of the people of venezuela. now the country is once again in anticipation of unrest among the dissatisfied. let me remind you that in 2019, mass protests against maduro began in venezuela. leader of the opposition. until then, he unlawfully proclaimed himself interim president, he was recognized by the united states and a number of european states, but failed to seize power. progressive economic recovery , increasing the standard of living of ordinary citizens. the firm position of official caracas can be clearly heard on all international platforms. minsk is ready

maduro you can see there a semi armoured vehicle. i can see that from the bottom people around me are shouting on a microphone that they want freedom and that they want leave the streets until nicolas maduro is ousted. >> so if honor, their reporting from caracas now former south african president jacob zuma has now been expelled from the party. he once led the african national congress, said zuma had quote, actively impugned the integrity of the anc as it denounced, announced its decision he has now 21 days to appeal in january, the anc had suspended zuma's membership after you declared support for rival political party. >> now, an absolute heartbreaking scene in northern england, where two children had been killed and nine wounded in a knife attack. >> other stabbings occurred at a taylor swift-themed dance let's class in southport. >> the police have arrested a teenage suspect anna stewart has the details it was late morning in southport, a seaside town in the northwest of england. >> when police first received reports of a stabbi

maduro on his re-election while the european union chief says the will of venezuelans must be respected

venezuela's president nicholas maduro has won re-election for another six-year term in office. according to venezuela's national electoral council, maduro obtained over 51% of the votes. let's 5.8 million votes and 3 million ballots ahead of his. opponent henry falcon, the electoral council with the turnout of 59%, maduro held his win as victory against what he called imperialism, and what you're seeing now is the gaza war, the us is really genocide is continuing there raining down bombs and shells and... is what the israel regime has done, killing at least 30 palestinians in the process. earlier we joined by our gaza correspond to musa for the latest details on the israeli crimes in the b strip. as the israeli army issued more evacuation orders for the people in alb refugee camp. vast residental squares were demanded to be fully evacuated from the palestinian people and the israel incubation of occupation forces demanded the palestinian people there to move and to evacuate to almase area and the wistering part of uh khanuni city as you know a massive influx of the displaced pa

>> so, over the past decade, nicholas maduro, the brutal dictator of venezuela has presided over a stunningmillion venezuelans to leave that country. most of which destined for the united states. part of the the reason we saw 10,000 people showing up at the border every day last year. a number that the united states just can't handle with current resources because of the meltdown of the venezuelan economy. it is no surprise that in the election that was held this week, maduro clearly lost. the briefings i have received today suggest that he not only lost, he probably lost in a landslide and is attempting as we speak to steal the election. if he is successful not only will venezuela continue to spiral into political and economic chaos, but you be see more people come to the southern border. that is why the biden administration engaged in some really creative diplomacy over the course of the last six months to unite the venezuelan opposition so give them a real chance at beating maduro which it appears they have. maduro is in a corner. we are working with our allies and partner ins the region

maduro has vowed to promote peace and prosperity as he seeks a third term in office. i have done my best. i feel more and more energetic, healthier, younger and more and more committed. i am prepared for great victory. i know that our people will do it again. will win again and the flood gates will open for a blessed miraculous time of peace, stability and prosperity. maduro was speaking on thursday as venezuela's ruling party in opposition closed the official presidential campaign, people will cast their votes on sunday to choose new president. incumbant maduro is leading the united socialist party that has ruled venezuela since 2007. opposition candidate edmundo gonzales has attracted support as well. he has a former diplomat and represents the unitary platform coalition. 21 million venezuelans are eligible to take part in the sunday election. the next president will stay in power for another six years, which will begin on january the 10th, 20-25. that brings us to the end of. this edition of world news on press tv, thank you for watching, stay tuned, i'll be back i

well, iran has congratulated venezuelan president nicholas maduro on his victory in the country's presidential election. iran's acting for. minister welcomed the large turnout in the election despite threats and unfair sanctions on the country. ali barkri khan reiterated iran support for venezuela's national development plans and call for stronger bilateral cooperation. russian president vladimir putin and cuban president miguel diaz canal have offered their congratulations to modur on his election win, describing it as a historic triumph. earlier during the news review program, we have discussed the recent presidential election in venezuela and madura's victory with our guests. let's take a look at what they had to say. john stepling is an author and commentator joining us from inderoy norway. we also have isac bigo who's a latin american expert joining us from london. welcome to you both. i'll start with you john stepling. when you take a look at venezuela, um, it's... it's amazing how hard it is to actually get uh impartial uh coverage when you sift through uh google, it's so anti so anti-m

incumbant, nicholas maduro is the front runner with most pre-poll surveys giving him an edge over hisncerns for the voters. maduro has vowed to respect the results as various regional and other countries have insisted on free and fair election in venezuela. welcome back, protesters have bood the israeli anthem at the olympics a mid growing anger over the regime. participation at the games, the gears and pro-palestinian chance came. for football match between israel and paraguay. protesters also held up genocide, olympics, signs and waved palestinian flags. israel's anthem and his players were also booed during the team's olympic opener against mari. there has been heavy security presence around this really contingent in paris. that's because of the persisting protest over the regime's participation at the games despite widespread calls to ban it over the genocide in gaza. we were earlier joined by press tv's jerome hugh from paris who shared with us people's reaction to the participation of israeli athletes at the 2024 olympics, let's see listen. people are so frustrated by the situat

the venezuelan president nicholas maduro says us is medling in latin american country's internal affairs by using media propaganda against him. and we discussed this allegation earlier with our guests in our news review program. "the venezuelan president has once again taken a swipe at western media for their alleged attempt to discredit the electoral process in his country. the us have tried to make us invisible a thousand times, now their operations are being run by the mainstream media, were the hitman of lies, the efe agents in spain, the afb, the..." cnn and several television stations also based here and maduro was addressing his supporters in a campaign rally in the western state of teachera, he accused the us particularly of midling in venezuela's internal affairs by using media propaganda against them. millions of voters will be heading for the polls on sunday to elect the new president. maduro is in the race to win the top executive post for the third term. this is not a first time the us has been accused of trying to influence elections in the wild rate. south american country

. -- nicholas maduro was declared winner of sunday's election, but the opposition says that is a shamd forces were told there was no need to repress the people of venezuela. let's bring in our correspondent, standing by in caracas. thanks for joining us. he is up-to-date on what has been happening where you are. >> well, protests have continued today for the second time. people were not deterred by the violence that broke out after the elections. thousands and thousands of people gathered in the city's center to protest against president maduro and his claim to victory. it was a relatively peaceful protest. many people said they were there to defend democracy, believing the election was a fraud. many people said they only believe they would w if the military joint event against the government. so far, the police have been loyal to the government. they've been hitting back against protesters around the city, in some cases firing tear gas and rubber bullets where the protests have escalated. there was a gathering of protesters of pro-maduro supporters in another part of the city. some s

. -- nicholas maduro was declared winner of sunday's election, but the opposition says that is a shamd forces were told there was no need to repress the people of venezuela. let's bring in our correspondent, standing by in caracas. thanks for joining us. he is up-to-date on what has been happening where you are. >> well, protests have continued today for the second time. people were not deterred by the violence that broke out after the elections. thousands and thousands of people gathered in the city's center to protest against president maduro and his claim to victory. it was a relatively peaceful protest. many people said they were there to defend democracy, believing the election was a fraud. many people said they only believe they would win if the military joint event against the government. so far, the police have been loyal to the government. they've been hitting back against protesters around the city, in some cases firing tear gas and rubber bullets where the protests have escalated. there was a gathering of protesters of pro-maduro supporters in another part of the city. some

the polls opened at 6 am local time, venezuelan president nicholas maduro cas his ballot. after the polls the opposition parties have come together to support a single candidate, edmundo gonzales. the economy and mass immigration from the country are among the top concerns of the voters. 21 million venezuelans are eligible eligible to take part in sunday's election. the polls will close at 6 p.m. local time. south korea, the u.s. and japan on sunday signed a military cooperation agreement in tokyo, while increased security coordination between the three countries may be viewed as beneficial in japan and the us. many south koreans oppose any military cooperation with tokyo, having suffered under the japan's colonial dominion for decades early in the... 20th century. press tv's correspondent frank smith reports from soul. encouraged by the united states, south korea and japan have strengthened the three countries trilateral alliance with their defense chiefs signing a military cooperation agreement in tokyo on sunday. the move comes amid southgress efforts to join the global us-lead allianc

iran's congratulated the venezuelan president nicholas maduro on his re-election and the country's presidential vote. iran's acting foreign minister alibagikani. prays voter turn out in venezuela's presidential election despite unfair sanctions imposed on the country, bagady can he emphasize teran support for venezuela's national development plans and call for stronger bilateral ties. china is also congratulated maduro on his re-election win and stress great importance of strengthening ties with venezuela. china congratulates venezuela for smoothly holding the... presidential election and congratulates president nicolas maduro for his re-election. china and venezuela are good friends and partners supporting each other. this year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relationship between china and venezuela. size the importance of strengthening strategic partnership with koracus. russian president vladimir putin also congratulated maduro and said his victory will continue to contribute to the development of russia-venezuelan relations. messages congratulations pourdin

maduro is seeking a third term in office.ezuelans are eligible to take part in the sunday election. the president will begin his term on january 10th, 2025. "russia says the opening ceremony of the paris olympic games was a massive failure. the russian for ministry spokeswoman criticized what she called ridiculous open a opening ceremony and said the organizers did not think of either seading the clouds or setting up awnings. laria zakarrova was referring to russia's practice of sending up planes ahead of major outdoor events to attempt to break up clouds. zakarova mocked the transport collapse on the day after three arson attacks on the rail system and france is blaming this on subit. she also listed other gaps like introducing the south korean team as democratic people republic of korea, which is a reference to the country's northern neighbor. this as competitors under the russian flag have been banned over the war in ukraine. only few russian athletes have been approved to participate in the games as neutrals. andrem huws

venezuela's president nicholas maduro has won re-election to another six-year term in office. with 80% of the polling stations counted a 59% turnout. the results are as follows: first, nicolas maduro moros obtained 5.150,992 votes with 51. we congratulate the new president of the bolivarian republic of venezuela candidate nicolas maduro morus. budura has held his win as victory against what he called imperialism. he's been already in power for 12 years and win gives him a third term but his main opponent edmundo gonzales was quick to claim victory after the election has refused to recognize the results. gonzalez is allegging irregularities and has called for new votes. meanwile iran has congratulated venezuelan president nicholas madura on his victory in the country's presidential election. iran's acting for a minister. welcomed the large turnout in the election despite threats and unfair sanctions that it has been facing. ali baghadi reiterated iran's support for venezuelas national development plans and call for stronger bilateral cooperation. the cuban president miguel diaz

nicholas maduro, however, assured the nation of putting down the violence. seguimiento, we have been following all of the acts of violence promoted by the extreme right. i can tell the people of venezuela that if they have done harm, we are acting. we already know this move, so once more, along with the civil, military and police union, we are acting. we already know. how they operate, my obligation is to tell you the truth, we are all under the obligation to listen to the truth, to gear up with patience, calmness and strength because we are familiar with this move and we know how to face these he was speaking in a televised address from the presidential palace. violence erupted across the country day after maduro secured his third term in office by winning 51% of the votes in the election held on sunday. the opposition has accused maduro's declaration of victory as fragilent. the us has also once again leveled allegations of election minip. in yemen, the years long war and have created harsh living conditions for many, thousands of coastal residents rely on