so my sexuality the significance of the book into the russian elite is that he's like a feature who controls the cobra in such a putin's russia on al-jazeera. venezuela's military pledges its allegiance to nicolas maduro saying opposition leader one guy joe declaring himself interim president is a coup d'etat. this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. an excuse acadia sworn in as president of the democratic republic of congo off to basically disputed elections last. the u.s. senate prepares to vote on competing proposals to end the government shutdown

neither is expected to break the deadlock. and as the breakfast on certainty drags on some in the u.k. start stockpiling food medicine and other basic necessities. and even israel's military has pledged its allegiance to president nicolas maduro this is a day off to the country's opposition leader declared himself the interim president and won the support of u.s. president donald trump on why don't heads the national assembly he swore himself in those leader on wednesday for another day of national protests manure insists he remains the only true president and venezuela's defense minister says the opposition is carrying out a clue. well even as well um we believe. all the people of venezuela what happened on wednesday was very dangerous to the integrity of the nation to our peace to our

society i love to venezuelans that is a coup d'etat is taking place against institutions against democracy against our constitution and against our leader nicolas maduro the legitimate president of venezuela the international community is split over who to support russia says any move to remove president nicolas maduro from power are quote illegal turkey has also expressed support for the embattled leader calling him a brother and china is also standing behind him mexico also says it still recognizes maduro's president for now while bolivia and cuba say they remain committed allies but canada has joined the united states in calling for nicolas maduro to resign brazil is also backing. along with argentina chile colombia and guatemala european union is calling on its nations to back why do so far the united kingdom and spain have come out with public support for a trial and has more from moscow on russia's reaction. well russia is pointing the

finger firmly at the united states at the moment we've heard both from sergey lavrov the foreign minister and also the kremlin lavrov says that once again we are convinced that the united states which is paranoid that someone was interfering in their elections without any evidence is itself trying to decide on the fates of other nations and simply interferes in their internal affairs venezuela is not the first case is just that venezuela in there in that country the interference was especially flagrant he also said that we call on the venezuelan opposition not to become pawns in someone else's very dirty criminal game earlier the kremlin spoke and said that madeira has not as yet asked russia for any particular assistance asked whether moscow who might grants nicolas maduro political asylum if it came to that well the kremlin said that mr migiro is the legitimate president of venezuela and therefore we consider that question to be inappropriate well there is

a legitimate question though which is what might russia do there are strong ties between russia and venezuela russia considers whether as well or an ally as lends it billions and billions of dollars as house china they're also military ties between the two countries only recently russia sent two long range strategic bombers to venezuela as supports basically an a and a show of force against western countries the united states could russia intervene militarily while it's too soon to tell that i think it certainly will try and defend mr maduro in the united nations as to whether there might be any. overt military action militarily overtly i think that's perhaps at the moment unlikely but covertly there are things that russia could do it has private military contracts is a group called particularly which is used in ukraine and syria and at the moment is active in places like the central african republic so there is

a possibility that it could be considering using that outfit to help out nicolas maduro in venezuela. in just three weeks for israel opposition leader who has risen from security to become the self declared interim president of the country is in the middle of a deepening political and economic crisis that's created a regional divide that engender reports on the political newcomer who staging a major challenge to murderous rule. as soon as he was sworn in to lead venezuela's opposition controlled congress earlier this month one of why dole made his intentions clear promising to take up the battle against president nicolas maduro who is increasingly viewed both inside and outside the country as a dictator and that. he needs we propose to reaffirm the illegitimacy of nicolas maduro for not holding elections on may twentieth starting january tenth he would be usurping the presidency from the republic as

a result this national assembly as the only legitimate power elected by the venezuelan people should assume the representation of the people. if you've been as wayland had even heard of an industrial engineer and former student leader before he was named president of the largely powerless national assembly and. as a member of congress why go serve as the head of a commission that investigates government corruption and earned a reputation as a consensus builder maduro's government has already detained and put on trial dozens of political opponents and accused them of plotting against him in mid january why don't was briefly detained after being released he told supporters at a rally he would not be deterred. by wednesday as large anti-government protests were taking place in venezuela's capital caracas why don't you clear himself the country's interim president before why do was quick to receive support from u.s. president donald trump canada and numerous latin american countries but with

a defiant majority saying he's still the legitimate president and the economic crisis only deepening it's not clear why goes next move will be a homage of doom and just. to his about was in venezuela last week join us live now from desire is to reason that there's been this military pledge of allegiance to mentor or how much difference does that make. well it's very very important because let's not forget that it is the military that is the biggest supporter in the government it plays a crucial role not only in the country but also in the last month by controlling not only the ministry of defense but also key sectors of venezuela's economy for example the opposition has at a different strategy in the past month what we have seen is one way though appealing to the military to turn against me saying including the possibility of passing the law a law at the national assembly that would give those who rebel against mother an

amnesty they're talking a lot about an amnesty law what we were able to sue during the demonstrations are people on the streets asking the military to turn around to rebel against the government so this is a bit of shows that the crucial role that the military has in venezuela right now and they mean by that he knows address the nation and that's very very important what he said is that many sets risk that a military confrontation would kill it have a devastating effect in the country and the other thing he said is he not only blamed the opposition he also blamed the united states for staging a cool in the in venezuela in the interim the u.s. is refusing to withdraw its stock is setting up a bit of a collision with the venezuelan current president. well it's part of the cales that we're seeing right now in venezuela. on wednesday said that he was breaking relations with the united states he gave the diplomatic personnel

seventy two hours to leave the country on the other hand one why though asked the diplomatic missions to remain in venezuela and the united states answered back saying that they would stay in that country and they also warned that anything that happens to the diplomatic personnel that's in the united states embassy in venezuela it would have serious serious consequences so most definitely what we know right now is that the united states is going to save the country and this shows a bit of of that the complexity of the situation we have while you go whose declared himself interim president he has the support of the united states and other countries in the region but then we have the government of nicholas model that constrains the institutions the natural resources the military and that has the support of countries like russia like china and others of course of this raises fears that the foreign intervention at this point could not help deescalate the actual tension that exists in the country right now there's a book thank you very much indeed.

phoenix security has been sworn in as the democratic republic of congo's new laser . i. believe i it takes office after a disputed election in december his victory was marred by accusations that he struck a backroom deal with the outgoing president to deny victory to another opposition candidate martin for you know the constitutional court confirmed katie's win this saturday in his inauguration speech before cheering crowd she's ok to call for peace and security questions and. we want to build a strong congo in its cultural diversity we will promote its development in peace and security a condo for each and every one everybody will have his or her own place if this stage of this democracy is the end of the conflict we also have to think of the new

era the new destiny the beginning of our fight we want all the people to be involved i mean a miller has the latest from kinshasa. thousands of people have turned out at the palace of the nations that were great support a great show of support at this point for the new president but looking at what happened during the election some of the controversy around just how will accuse the kerry might have come to power what allegations of fraud from opposition margins are you know so a priority for to see katie going forward would be to unite the nation also speak to those people who continue to support martin for you know who is feared that these are like these the elections were rigged earlier in the week before this inauguration martin by you know had said that you wanted to see protesters on the street peaceful protesters breach peaceful protests rather but that essentially this was a stolen election so for bill excuse me katie we have people here chanting in the

fault of the new president really has to look at his. the make up of parliament for instance and also just how he will show congolese that it is one nation moving forward we heard from the outgoing president joseph kabila i last night in a televised the great ongoing war unity our people congolese people to come together in the name of limit mean democracy and certainly a key area of focus for the new president. security forces have fired tear gas at student protesters in sudan's capital khartoum the university students want president iran bashir to step down protests have broken out in several sudanese cities for a call by trade unions for a mass rally they have been daily demonstrations against bush's thirty year rule since last month's moments are his long term situation in khartoum. protests took place in several parts of khartoum to the out of seventeen locations that were

programmed by the organizers at least ten have been confirmed to us so protesters came out in the streets larger than ever before in the cups of coffee to a month or so we have reports of protests taking place in at least three major cities in the interior these include port sudan but then he got out of an important development or so is that a larger than ever before we have reports of protests in smaller villages in the in the far flung parts of the country so by far we can say that this is the biggest turnout of protesters across the country since the beginning of this movement that started more than a month ago. still to come this half hour. see here says the company make may take flight if the u.k. government gives to europe without a deal. welcome

back whereas parts of china will not see too much and terms of rain over the next few days we are going to be seeing some cooler temperatures though coming in from the north particular up here toward shanghai so today and going into tomorrow we're going to be seeing a high temp to here on friday at about twelve degrees but notice as we go towards saturday it does come down to about six you can see those northerly winds coming into play fuzhou at fourteen and hong kong is going to be a partly cloudy day with attempt a few of twenty one in taipei a little bit cooler at fifteen degrees there as you make your way over here towards parts of india will not looking too bad for much of the interior we do have some clouds making their way across much of the higher elevations down here towards the south sri lanka you're going to be seeing partly cloudy conditions but no rain in your forecast across much of the region temps are there of thirty degrees and then as we go towards saturday maybe dropping one degree there but still mostly to partly cloudy across much of the area hyderabad though could be picking up a rain shower too with a temperature of about twenty four degrees and then here across the gulf of the

next few days temperatures are on the rise so here in doha twenty five degrees is expected high here on friday with abu dhabi see about twenty six clouds just up here towards the north but as we go towards saturday temperatures are on their way up we are going to see a twenty six partly cloudy at twenty seven. sure to films of hope. and inspiration. a series of short personal stories that highlight the human triumph against the odds. i prepared for today four hundred people why you know he had to be one time say to young people from people that i think of the fact everybody one al-jazeera selects .

again let's take you straight to the organization of american states which is currently meeting in washington to discuss the situation in venezuela right now is hearing from the u.s. or state white pompei and it's. actually somewhat president one for you as the interim president than a sweater you see in the statement from president trump and from myself many other countries including a number of oas states have also recognized the interim president we thank them for their support it's now time for the oas as an institution as a whole to do the same oh yes member states must align themselves with democracy

and respect for the rule of law all member states who have committed to uphold the inner american democratic charter must now recognize the interim president the time for debate is done the regime of former president nicolas maduro is illegitimate his regime is morally bankrupt it's economically incompetent and it is profoundly corrupt. it is undemocratic to the core i repeat the regime of former president nicolas maduro is illegitimate we therefore consider all of its declarations and accurate and actions illegitimate and invalid in the light of these facts we call on venezuelan security forces to ensure the protection of interim president kwaito physical integrity and his safety we've seen

reports that a number of protesters were killed yesterday and that more than one hundred were arrested so i reiterate our warning about any decision by remnant elements of the material regime to use violence to repress press the peaceful democratic transition the united states did not arrive at this conclusion overnight we came to this conclusion after a long and bitter experience and following a considered assessment of the facts and we're not alone the oas general assembly has itself agreed to these facts in june of last year the oas general some of declared the re-election of former president joe and invalid sham this past january tenth the oas permanent council declared former president maduro second term illegitimate venezuela's national simply became the only legitimate duly and democratically elected body in the country on january twenty third national assembly president one who declared himself the interim president of venezuela

pursuant to article three thirty three and three fifty seven as well as constitution he made this declaration with the full support of the national simply and most importantly of the venezuelan people. his public address you know president also on the steps he plans to take to restore democracy to his country including free fair transparent and truly democratic elections in the united states sense solidly behind him. we stand ready to support the efforts of the national assembly the venezuelan people and the interim president to restore democracy and respect for the rule of law in venezuela. we also stand ready to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of venezuela as soon as logistically possible. today i'm announcing that the united states is ready to provide more than twenty million in humanitarian assistance to the people of venezuela these funds

are to help them cope with the severe food so food and medicine shortages and i or other dire impacts of their country's political and economic crisis our announcement of aid is in response to requests from the national assembly led by the interim president as a friend of the venezuelan people we stand ready to help them even more to help them begin the process of rebuilding their country and their economy from the destruction wrought by the criminally incompetent and illegitimate material regime our support for venezuela's democratic hopes and dreams is in sharp contrast to the the authoritarian regimes across the globe who have lined up to prop up former president maduro. and there is no regime which is aid and abetted majoris tyranny like the one in havana but gerosa legitimate rules was for years sustained by an influx of cuban security and intelligence officials they schooled venezuela's secret police in the dark arts of torture repression and citizen control but it was

a fine student at the human academy of oppression we call on the oas and all its member states to act on basic decent democratic principles and the incontrovertibly facts on the ground each of us each of us must live up to our calling to promote defend democracy as expressed in the tenets of the inner american democratic charter to which everyone in this chamber is a signatory. and we called our partners and responsible as member states to show leadership and pledge support for venezuela's democratic transition for interim president quite a pivotal role in that we look forward to welcoming venezuela back into the fold of responsible democratic nations and remaining in our inner american community we look forward to welcoming representation of the interim venezuelan government to the oas at the earliest possible opportunity and we look forward to working with all responsible oas member states with the venezuelan people or in

american system and with the interim government to present what you know to restore democracy in venezuela we we each have a critical opportunity to help the venezuelan people live free once again i asked my colleagues to reconvene a meeting of foreign ministers to continue our conversation on the peaceful democratic transition for venezuela history will remember whether we help them or not the united states calls on all nations of the oas to make the right choice and make that right choice right now thank you. payer that declaring again the u.s. to support a full dollar has declared himself the interim president in venezuela he said the u.s. stands solidly behind and he said that the time the debate has been is right it was done when do the medulla government is morally bankrupt and on democratic to the cole he said he was also ready to provide twenty billion dollars in humanitarian assistance now in the coming hours the u.s.

senate will vote on two bills to try to end the partial government shutdown the longest in the country's history president donald trump triggered the shutdown by demanding more than five billion dollars to pay for a border war with mexico. on wednesday he was forced to postpone his annual state of the union address house because nancy pelosi barred him from delivering the speech in the chamber or parts of the government remains shut down as you know hain joins us live from washington d.c. so it's kind of. a new development every minute on this story it feels like. exactly and you know here's the thing that puts the senate in a bit of an awkward position they already voted to fund the government it was unanimous it was going to go through the president had signaled that he would sign it but then he started to hear from literally a handful of conservative commentators that he promised to build the wall this would kill his base he would lose any reelection so then you saw him double down since then the senate run by the republican mitch mcconnell basically said this is

not on us you guys figure it out well now this is the senate stepping back into the fray this is usually the place where bipartisan agreements to end shutdowns this is usually where it happens so it's going to happen today probably not so what's going to happen is the republicans republicans are going to basically call up the president's bill which says fund the government give him five point seven billion dollars to build a physical wall that's not going to pass it doesn't look like democrats are against it so then the democrats are going to put up their own bill it basically says let's continue to fund the government for a few more weeks well we knew renegotiate. border security and they're even saying now they'll give him five point seven billion for byrd and border security but they will not give him any money to build a wall so what we're going to be watching now most pundits say that democratic bill that is going to fail the question is how much republican support does it get this is what the president is concerned about you can tell by his tweets he keeps talking about how unified the republicans are well the republicans in the senate

have the power to override any objection by the president they just have enough have to have enough numbers to do just that so that's what we're going to be looking for as the vote happens to see if the republican base and please support for the president is starting to break up a bit and meantime the ordinary people who have been affected by this their issues continue. they're about to miss their second paycheck and this is really having a ripple effect on the economy it looks like domestic growth is going to be down more than that though now it's starting to impact average everyday americans it has a direct impact on the eight hundred thousand federal workers who are not getting paid the hundreds of thousands more of cut federal contractors that are not getting paid but now we're starting to see people like homeland security pasties coming out and saying this will take years to rebuild the damage from the shutdown we're seeing air traffic controllers in a terrifying press release basically saying this is having an effect an impact on security aviation security and really it's just

a matter of time for before something bad happens we're seeing the f.b.i. come out and say investigations of ground to a halt we're losing confidential informant because we can't pay them so we're starting to see every day more and more real life stories of americans who are going to food banks who are possibly going to be evicted because they have paid their rent and i can tell you that the commerce secretary wilbur ross did not make things any better for the president he was interviewed today and he said keep in mind he's a billionaire he said he couldn't understand why federal workers would need to go to food banks obviously not understanding that many federal workers live paycheck to paycheck the president has some incentive to and that's his poll numbers are plummeting some measures he's lost twelve percent support it just since the shutdown started thirty four days ago so he's going to be looking for a way out but it's not clear the democrats are willing to give him anything particular thank you very much indeed the chief executive of ad boss has warned it could move its u.k. operations out of the country if there is

a new deal departure from the e.u. to amend this as brics it is threatening to destroy a century of development in the u.k. which has been a global leader in aviation at least old listen to the breaks it is made news which is sort of it because we have huge plants here rule of movement who always be a role. of course it is not possible to pick up and move our large u.k. factories to other parts of the world immediately however base a long term business and we could be forced to redirect future investments in the event of a no deal breaks it and make no mistakes there are plenty of countries or very who would love to build the wings for craft as the uncertainty over breaks it goes on some people in the u.k. are beginning to stockpile basic necessities like food and medicine many are worried that essential supply chains will be interrupted if the u.k. crashes out of the e.u. without a deal one company in leeds is selling what it calls a bricks it box with

a thirty day survival kit monthly report is a really good linda is taking no chances she bought bricks at box a few weeks ago inside isn't a freeze dried food to last a month she isn't rich because of three hundred pounds nearly four hundred dollars but she has no regrets she supports leaving the european union as soon as possible remain supporters would say you've you're a bit crazy you know what if you stay in the european union and then you answer the back to back a sentence like this if it wasn't paid as i can see what they say and i can understand why we may have want to remain. but i'm looking more long term i want democracy back for my children grandchildren i don't want to go down the route that we've done it looks like why would being dictated to how things need today.

james supplies the bricks it boxes. he's traditionally done business with aid agencies dealing in disaster relief in recent weeks he's seen a big uptick in sales inside the u.k. a year's supply for a family costs more than twenty thousand dollars if we're going to know their scenario which is possibly going to cause a hiccup in in in the custom system at the moment nobody knows what to get ready for life in a customs guy so the company plans put into place properly and so there is always going to be a disruption for the least the first three to four weeks for us to try to sort out what they do and possibly longer if they need to or further infrastructure the inexorable logic of a no deal bricks its means fresh food which would normally come from places like the dutch port of rotterdam getting stuck and rotting in lorries before it can reach supermarkets several have already said they too are stockpiling or nonperishable foods that acknowledge they could run out in little over a week empty shelves and panic buying seem inevitable it's become common for

politicians who support a hard bricks it to say well so what if we can't have bananas and so mottos for a while the country's been through much worse what for some seems entirely pointless exercise a source of self-imposed blockade is for many others a small price to pay for getting rid of the malign influence of the european union . yorkshire voted leavin the bricks at referendum by a small margin this part of the country is known for its grit and determination if no deal is as bad as many fear if medicines do start to run out they may very well need it lawrence lee al jazeera in yorkshire. the top stories making news here on al-jazeera us after a state might pompei or says nicolas maduro his government in venezuela is

illegitimate and the time for debate is over it comes a day after the country's opposition leader one declared himself the interim president and the national assembly this war himself in a wednesday after another day of national protests but his word is military has pledged its an agency to moderate. all the people of venezuela what happened on wednesday was very dangerous to the integrity of the nation to our peace to our society to venezuelans that is a coup d'etat is taking place against institutions against democracy against our constitution and against our leader nicolas maduro the legitimate president of venezuela critics to security has been sworn in as the democratic republic of congo's new president after brittany disputed elections. it's the first peaceful transfer of power since independence from belgium in one nine hundred sixty the central african nation has experienced two years of turmoil

sparked by outgoing president joseph kabila refusal to step down security forces in sudan the fired tear gas at students protesting against president bashir in the capital khartoum protests are broken out in several sudanese cities for a call by trade unions for mass rally. in the coming hours the u.s. senate will vote on two bills to try to end the partial government shutdown the longest in the country's history president trump triggered the shutdown with his demand for five point seven billion dollars to pay for a border war with mexico there's a head on more news in just under half an hour i talked to a.j. selects with three short stories about refugees in israel turkey and greece to stay with us if you can laugh now.

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