the relationship between the two sides remain fractious not keast because most of our but also allied himself with neighboring iran. in one nine hundred seventy five the algerian president who made t.n. sponsored an agreement between baghdad and to her on he brought together the shah of iran with the van iraqi vice president saddam hussein. the agreements put an end to reign in support for the kurds in return for iraq's relinquishing sovereignty over half of the shots a lot of waterway. in one nine hundred seventy nine they reign in revolution erupted overthrowing the shah it's all the end of the committee and sponsored agreement. a year later the eight year war began between iraq and iran mr wood but is there any screwed this time democratic party supported iran and

saddam hussein retaliated by abducting thousands of kurdish men and boys in edible province. and then when the at our main boffing when we look at so lot. of that is that the only walk for thought. you know what the fear the whole for the feeling for all other one of them. other than your own kind of the. data for oil by a lot what does that slim we do not buy the notion. just add up the lump that there were of there no as for joe let me add all of. them to their work of saki will of orders. of done. in the final days of the iran

iraq war in ninety eight in the kurdish city of halabja just offer than attack using chemical weapons killing between two and a half and five thousand people and injuring sauza is more. the attack has been internationally recognized as part of the and fell genocide against the kurdish people by president saddam hussein's regime the iraqi high criminal courts ruled the halabja massacre an act of genocide in march twenty ten. in one nine hundred ninety iraq invaded kuwait leading to the first gulf war but saddam hussein was defeated by a coalition led by the united states in one nine hundred ninety one. some of iraq's southern and northern provinces rose up against the interim iraqi government and the coalition imposed no fly zones in some areas including the kurdish regions. the iraqi kurds benefited from the defeat of saddam hussein and gained autonomy in

northern iraq in one thousand nine hundred one under the united nations and in particular operation southern watch which in forces a no fly no drive zone in one thousand nine hundred two there were kurdish parliamentary and presidential elections and the kurdistan regional government the k r g was formed. in two thousand and three and you u.s. led coalition invaded iraq and kurdish peshmerga fighters joined in the overthrow of saddam hussein. in a post-war referendum and new iraqi constitution was approved which recognized both the k r g and its parliament but kurdish but that tension remains. also want to see a lot of the stores. what. were a few walked over on the no no the store over me surly comint be no office clerk

and the earth does so too so good that the earth. knowing just could be a couple of finish i can record offer for the store i list if they're from other guy with a nice alley i am a financier now what i mean. is that lemur the limo the limb use rather the stiff. as is your ass the office of the iraqi foreign minister ibrahim al jaafari if damage could ask him the same question as to why the two thousand and seven referendum didn't take place. after initially agreeing to an interview the minister leaser pulled out. the other day you don't know why i did not see are there just to be i'm not a harlot in facade a darling facade of the vatican the mother misha.

you know the door on the other side of. the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion plunged iraq into a period of chaotic political instability which saw the emergence of a relatively new armed group eisel. the group gained global prominence in early twenty fourteen when it drove iraqi government forces out of key cities in western iraq and captured mussolini in the north. i'll just have visited the kurdish region of northern iraq in april twenty seventeen five months before the independence referendum took place. the iraqi governments with the support of international forces including the u.s. u.k. france germany and turkey had launched a major military campaign in twenty sixteen to retake muso from eisel in what became known as the battle of mosul and. kurdish peshmerga forces joined the

operation and fought alongside the iraqi army. the joint force defeated eisel in july twenty seventh teen and the borders of the kurdish region of northern iraq were extended. this is but najaf a town a nineveh province in april twenty seventeen it was under the control of kurdish peshmerga forces. on the highway i saw three. into our digital mine and i haven't hired month. bad. enough to judge a book as i have to walk a softer and sob. bob. after the referendum the kurds lost control over but najaf and other areas of nineveh province. the borders of the kurdish region. seem constantly to ebb and flow in line with kurdish

fortunes and the complexity of modern iraqi politics. it was against this historical backdrop the kurdistan regional government held its independence referendum in september twenty seventh seen. there are several iraqi kurdish political parties and while they all support self-determination they often disagree on how best to achieve it. the two largest governing party is are the kurdish democratic party the k d p and the patriotic union of kurdistan dippy u.k. there's also the movement for change known as koran and the kurdistan islamic union the k i u. one tamar and miss has visited the k r g capital there have been a few months after the twenty seventeen referendum disagreement and resentment about the timing of the vote still festered among the different political leaders.

and the jena six hundred tuneup from an auction judged the brain and were not in a tub of water consignee and a director. will know you. were not a journalist had them involved. in that. but . had it all. whites hammered and this had wasn't it a bit after the referendum he met the head of the kurdish democratic party and the then president of the k r g. it was mr wood better than me who had ultimately decided the referendum would go ahead and when. the hell

can. i list if there are three september and finn was. going at the feet of sol you feel so worthless manure an incentive because. slope. only when the story will have to be a really sharp chorused alone or you won't understand the news of raised if there are. no them oh. and. mark. got all feet consortium are you. it's impossible to begin to understand iraqi kurdish politics without first examining the differences between their main rival parties. the kurdistan democratic party the k d p is led by mr wood but sanny with the city of edible as its power base.

the bersani family has been a dominant force in the kurdish cause for two generations and continues to occupy a prominent place in the minds of its people. many continue to regard mr wood's father most of far as the founder of the kurdish revolution and posters of him are everywhere across the region his son mesereau would stood down as the k r g president after the referendum but is still leader of the k d p. d p's main rival is the patriotic union of kurdistan the p.-u. k. funded by the legion al taliban e their base is insular many to the southeast of it. and in sublists see. how that court out of sight of the multiple could celebrate has been because the democrats could start with the total ilk of start up in the

soup to assess it as citizens who lives on the left who jumped off the edges and yes a lot of gun without kaluta. amanda i'm home and i'm hungry to fill it. up. because of all the kurdish infighting civil war between the different factions erupted in one thousand nine hundred four and lasted for years inevitably wider middle east politics further inflame the conflict. could be a kind of how the neck in full effect it could be accounted for heart or brain i'm about the same with many of the same cat and i got how badly it had the accordion how can a more. the. more even imagine that after a bit of obama. getting the oil in the hole and.

i don't recognize that i've heard you talk of are there going to miss circle but i didn't feel fee for a month from ariana topple what at the border and sort of looked at the whole ugly me. cottage at a little. level so it could be an old had a good could year but clear that his were hiding to it has been all over. the loft so will not be you know helical could year. your card new girl who's a good mother has. had the mom half of the night you can necessarily. crotty. the other one united first if you are a diligent clear that a lot of kids and. all the critics parties were united in support of the idea of an independence referendum and mr o.

design he had his way by staging it in september twenty second teen. but the plot thickens. other countries both in the region and in the west are now thought to have played a part in both encouraging and discouraging the votes activity tomar no wrong most of. the year i live the hard. work here that will be a swat team feast of top of the top of your rule of law who know who. will like you. who have. cannot said my god my car and my soda bottles and some of us if there is a collision. while a segment is c.s.e. low levels i want to get more say the and them are. all.

alone which will but the. analyst to know them to be well for years with no one account. you have that. there for. a moment i don't associate there with. a say yes or there was any was a hermit from hell most of it about condoms to shailene war levy and other women and such are in need of a beanie. and those are no more nor them socially was about what they said mr goes on. you should know how the who did enough to open with a demand for this after i had known a surprise was referring to the french intellectual media figure writer and longtime supporter of the kurds bill now on the levy. he was once described as quote perhaps the most prominent it's electable in france today of all cheery and jewish distend levy was targeted for assassination in two thousand and eight by

a belgian based armed islamist group. an avowed supporter of israel some consider his role in the referendum controversial say it but time it and miss had asked him about this involvement and his presence at one of the polling stations on the day of the vote as an observer and a look at the whole island a few markets looked at our area where we were had when markets looked at our that have occurred but there was only one only one little among a lot of international law. that your sofa and there are a lot of the sherrick as i was a lot of others as ambassador galbraith us former minister a lot we were maybe i don't know maybe fifty one hundred they're going to we re present. the international community watching looking at the regular radio of the of the vote and but had levy been

a genuinely impartial observer had been since he was a known supporter of the referendum us of saddam. it is diphtheria what one of the lot. of push you can do that you can do the two things is two different things and if so what doctor exactly in the same time you come in you can be a long time supporter on the kurdish cause you can't think in the depth of your hearts that yak yak is alas a fiction and that killed this nation is a real one you think that i thought that after that. it is very important day when devolved cops it is very important to check the vote is a good law that nobody is feeling the the boxer's as it happens in so many countries coming up turkey iran and the united states all put pressure on but is

there any and the k r g not to go ahead with the referendum but in the geopolitics of the middle east israel emerged as an unexpected supporter i think the ease of id people itself is by any population. felt sympathy for the sukkah of the schools while. number one because they recognized something of their old this teeny into this you know with girls. the battle over the minimum wage heated up across the country today thousands of fast food workers walked off the job desperate for a better way to choose if you cured your average worker a little more money they're probably going to be able to pay bills maybe to spend a little bit more on the two fifty right now to fifty k. painting would be to survive in twenty first century america i'm nervous we cannot

afford for one of us to lose a job. on al-jazeera. i mean this is different not just whether someone is going for someone's favorite doesn't matter we need to think it's how you approach an official and if it is a certain way of doing it you can just inject a story and fly out. hello i'm barbara starr in london these are the top stories on our zero venezuela has rejected an ultimatum by spain germany france and britain to nicolas maduro they said he must call elections within eight days or they will recognize the opposition leader one as president the u.s. has also been pushing for why build to replace for the little adelong and often

tense emergency session of the u.n. security council are russia china turkey and mexico are backing the besieged president either you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with material and his mayhem some countries have publicly taken former president. china russia syria and iran are just four of them it's not a surprise that those who rule without democracy in their own countries are trying to prop up majority while he is in dire straits thirty four people have now been confirmed dead in brazil following friday's collapse of a dam holding waste from an iron ore mine rescue workers are searching for hundreds of people who remain missing valid the mining company responsible for that and has been forced to suspend all operations the company's assets which are worth one point three billion dollars have also been frozen to pay for damages taliban

sources say they've reached a draft agreement with the u.s. to end the war in afghanistan after six days of talks in capital u.s. envoys on my head says significant progress was made but any deal must include talks between the taliban and afghan government is that head into kabul for meetings with president musharraf county u.s. president donald trump is coming in for heavy criticism from his own supporters after retreating on his own border with demands to end the longest government shutdown in american history on day thirty five of the shutdown the senate and house of representatives unanimously passed a temporary deal to fund the government until february fifteenth the un human rights investigator looking into the murder of saudi journalist john ashaji has requested access to the saudi consulate in istanbul agnes cullum out begins a weeklong mission to turkey on monday ashaji was killed by a hit squad in the saudi building in october and i have more on all those stories on the al-jazeera news hour that's coming up in just under half an hour stay with

us al jazeera world independence and the iraqi kurds continues next join me in half an hour by. the kurds of northern iraq would like but do not have their own permanent state. but in twenty seventeen the leaders of their semi autonomy screw this town regional government they key argy in it a bill held the referendum on whether or not to separate from the rest of iraq the answer was a result ending yes. but the central government in baghdad rejected the result and took reprisals against the region. in going ahead with the vote the k r g had ignored the advice of its neighbors and traditional allies. the only country that openly supported the referendum was israel but it denied

having any influence over it in any way of violence. and show. me where the soup. of partition. plan if it be diet colors don't it why didn't they just allow to damage a ship in the washer when washoe had to revert to that missile in the a from another why and if you let me open how to her for me how the ledger work what allowed for others so i don't doubt of what was said to a civilian at the don't which is a militant you will call me discipline many of them just have to fuck up a. while fellow minnesotan if you're bad at the area and more into their list if that. i had a sora. in can it been an out and see if. let me. alone israeli them you can get out of. the deal by moderates very well i learned more

careful look. i don't use or say it's a had in one. it's now me and the more of what he did and more then i let a year and then try to skirt the stand that they had to sift i listened and it was a listen even a minute anyhow it does let me listen to him could assert. the i live the way you do and mark up with a liquid. with ernie and. you could all movement. canyon to the woman with a this and you saw the whole be mr minister. other beer to further see damage in this hand as the french electoral observer whether he thought israel had benefited from the referendum i think the use of id

people itself is quite a leap operation. felt sympathy for the security schools while. number one because they recognize something of their old and this unique into this you know of the girls this this tin ear for people dreaming for independence seeing this in the bonanza refused by the order of nations that can say it but not believing obama to see tamina pointed out that the iraqi kurds might not agree with the comparison of their cause with israel's position he made the point that israel has occupied large areas of the palestinian territories. i told you that there is some similarities between the two this to me is felt such a search by the use of ideas i don't tell you that there is identity of the

deceased it is it is of the same force. the referendum arguably put the iraqi kurds in the most exposed position they've been in since autonomy was announced after the first gulf war in one nine hundred ninety one and. iraqi governments reprisals had affected them economically and limited their freedom. give back to the world that this is the most and i'm a little. bit about saddam was in a. seven missive that. a drop he had distorted. potulny but. that the guy did what for. the next model ben you happen that much of the central iraqi government in baghdad few the referendum is unconstitutional claiming it threatens national security and

stability. but al jazeera wanted to find out what discussions had taken place between the kurds and baghdad immediately before the referendum as well as between . kurdish parties themselves behind closed doors. to matter i want to believe. not to norman have been a doctor i don't see the should resign him an edge in your coffee i may just stop but that. i don't read on the half of the. list if. there are lucky whatever it hurt is just sort of the further well know how will it in. a lot on the meadow but this desolate or the involve a lot of that kind of. call them and. other must mean wish i'd been. called the most when loaded and of course. early. yet i

had the help and i know that. they are g.'s western neighbor took a much tougher line the turkish government has a long standing difficult relationship with the kurds on its own soil and threats in military and economic action against those in iraq. to me. kinda need. a push to. do soft bed neck and neck and. even i'm talkin stuff and talk now if. we have. one month we had a walk. through that took me about eight. that minister the. gift and the walk

around that is our list of the number that we already do a lot of. well in the. other car out of the star of course stuff you know you're going on a not in the can and i had to have an equal fear could be a way to have human on top of what the heck. out of a few doing a. little course on the telephone a lot to be a warrant for a woman for as your limited. a lot of the more than you and the have. had that i could have sung. fifi took if you don't who kept us on our level. the iranian government took a similar position to that of baghdad and turkey. basters amount of the power of thought of us through the door ajar on fox that they would. see already there are more waters about terrorism

a daw is. just we're going to the pressure from neighboring countries meant a lot of last minute shuttle diplomacy in the lead up to the independence referendum somewhat secret some in the public domain. the included a secret visit to the kurdish region of northern iraq by the commander of the iranian puts force major general cos i'm still a manny. because i'm sorry money was. a young. stuff to. come off mother how much i haven't gone be stiffed a mother cannot and deacon wall that. well yes. i would bet is that he continued to insist that the decision to hold the food was

not affected by any outside influences for or against. to tease before the vote then us think with terry of st rex tillerson route to pakistanis to try and persuade him to pursue a dialogue with baghdad. before the us would recognize the need for a friend. at the. saw i mean alerting with the head let me feel malayo no no no no i just. feel like i don't know the list by the don't like by them or they. have. been at the low enough. ron howard thurman. about the. want to.

say you did. that sold out. at the. what time was when a place where you will just let up if they want saddam or the not to do there are a dirty old dude been in behalf of others. and making on a saying in the us or about as an atheist if that. will irani rather minute of kleffel i'm your queen how old do and i know you are the middle east colin i'm sorry buno learnable will be a new juden least a minute i was in in washington when a very high ranking. i mean personality

of care g. came to to to see the americans in july the offices of the of but they warned of state department where empty jaw dry he had no clear reply he had no clear red light and no clear green light america this i'm sure it was unclear later america said we had told you you should not have god this is untrue they did not say they did not say they let him go. on and not a sharpness and i share one man somewhat on a side has stepped out and i thought the same theme othersome laughing at phantom three more difficult. yanni feet are said affably none other.

than that of any moon was modest if that in which it is if though it up in that knocked up to be in. less up it could just tiny omac on to shove the. duckies over thirty for me and. that i'm not an agony. wouldn't it. be too dear to the men who now own uk with a ribbon to comment just the mishap told burn our own reliving that surest has you of the koran movement for change didn't think the referendum result was accurate you should ask the same question to all those i can provide you the least of international observers coming from eastern europe from france from america from south america. had livy issued their report as a referendum observer i did not release a formal report but they made

a formal statement saying that for me it was. an example. in the mushroom of storm. after the referendum however the iraqi government in baghdad delivered its own response to the overwhelming vote. for the previous decade the iraqi kurds had been trying to gain control of the oil rich region around the city of kirkuk ninety five kilometer south of it. they had even raised the kurdish flag. to weeks after the referendum the iraqi army decides to be recaptured control of the city after the surprise withdrawal of kurdish peshmerga forces.

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a good deed i did x. con by that read watch of something called you were lucky to lety to a dida it is of total facade on the twenty ninth of october twenty seventh teen mr would better than he stepped down as the president of the kurdistan regional government over the major political disagreements on their friend and its result. many muslim brothers only but there on the. left has met the get i can't. even look. at these men how to mess with words only an admission that you were better sticking and beauty was dean below par and they meant basement. and if i say much i wouldn't but. them on. their leisure list if that teacher time will cost them and how do you know. you had to do she added to g.

you don't know who another would be and no work on your list of where to him look. silly beatin stuff to mess with balls and he is a great bush merry go a great commander but he is not the wisest the most wise political. and that is. this maybe but they don't believe so there is a circle. which is that most will buzz any new that it will apparently it badly so he said maybe this you what i think he's all my career a political career in exchange of real east or equal mover of the crew visuals bad the list if there were much other kind of a saying a message about as an insta hab min set for him at the other woman but not enough

and the saide mess or the better than a shot of. this if the fan of the new and how commissioner other than local deli lucked out that. that's what we saw her no other comes up like an felon or going to call and talk but you don't like that the no understand government comment that a term for hell would be some happy naleo we tell you. the outcome of the kurdistan regional governments referendum has had a big impact on this part of the middle east as well as representing a serious setback to the idea of kurdish self-determination whatever positive spin mr road but is that he may seek to put on it. it cannot have done other than dense their ultimate collective hopes for their own permanent kurdish state.

hell were difficult to enforce on your un now you can allow modafinil to do this for she's an odd thought to reopen the thought all of them are well had committee unity having him. at the middle for they aren't but that a lot more data has. well i love to lie about the weather to see of the whole of the. now let's consider one a lush i could only wish i could offer everybody a car can anymore some the marla shall beef it up leave massive. after the referendum the k r g suffered economic hardship and an international embargo but the relationship between edible and best dad slowly improved. in k r g parliamentary elections in september twenty eighth teen turnout was low

the referendum outcome unpaid public sector salaries and alleged corruption may have undermined people's faith in iraqi kurdish politics. but the two traditionally dominant parties the k d p a p u k one sixty six of the one hundred eleven seats and looks set to dominate k r g politics for years to come. reflecting on the independence referendum one k r g representative and leading p.d.p. figure said that independence is what the iraqi kurds want the dream of independence she said will never be extinguished. high in the atlas mountains. village women are fending for themselves as their

husbands are forced to find work elsewhere. but training home farm and family is tough with no outside support it's come much longer is this way of life sustainable al-jazeera world meets my rockers village superwoman. hello the heat wave which was quite extreme has nearly gone this rather innocuous lot of cloud is the change of wind direction if you like has just about gone through canberra allness satellite picture so even here temperatures are dropping

we're talking about thirty one they'll be bits of new south wales and southern cuisine still up in the territory of forty's before all the major cities is much much cooler now as you can see with some rain as well it's still fairly woman has twenty nine degrees process the low thirty's was to all my warm side which is probably very enjoyable and you may have noticed a list time this curl of cloud near kansas coming down through queens and this is the start of the problem monsoon rains time the year which hasn't really shown itself until recently and behind my head that is a tropical cyclone but it just stays offshore has done throughout its lifetime for new zealand well the picture is still if you're in south island take something to keep drawing because it's lighter right well the last does not like it looks like the streak of cloud will break to some degree and you've got sunshine well for most of south on that almost all of north on the temperatures in the low twenty's it does cloud up in a wedding to come monday but three hours is not much to complain about the winds are quite light on the sun is a prominent or only behind sin tract. rewind

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is the u.s. urges the world to recognize opposition leader won by door as venezuela's president brazil finds the mining company whose down collapse the bearing as many as three hundred people under a torrent of mud the taliban says it's agreed a draft deal with the u.s. to end the war in afghanistan. and in doha with all the day's sport manteo soccer makes a two grand slam titles in a row by winning the astray you know that doesn't mean it's a business out. hello we begin the news hour with news out of venezuela the u.s. has urged the international community to end all financial dealings with venezuela's president nicholas with its also called on the world to pick a side in the power struggle sparked by opposition leader one why does the session

to declare himself interim president spain france germany and the u.k. of also united to ramp up the pressure on the do it all the living the same ultimatum what are they going to do you know we're going to spend you know the government of spain gives nicolas maduro eight days to call free transparent democratic elections that doesn't happen spain will recognize one quite zero as interim president in charge of calling these elections well many countries have already picked a side the u.s. canada brazil colombia argentina and a host of other latin american countries have already endorsed the opposition leader but maduro can still rely on the financial and political support of heavyweights china and russia as well as turkey syria and iran but those traditional left wing allies in the region that's cuba mexico nicaragua and bolivia are also staying loyal to him. well the global divide was clearly on display at a long and often tense emergency session of the u.n. security council marked by heated exchanges that israel and russia accused

washington of attempting a coup and rejected the demands for elections i've had a reports there from the united nations or york. a highly unusual weekend session and at the outset russia made very clear its opposition to the proceeding arguing that any u.n. involvement in venezuela constituted a violation of that country's sovereignty but you can believe in your city who rules we don't see any external threats coming from what is taking place in venice well or venezuela does not represent a threat to peace and security if anything does represent a threat to peace it is a shameless and aggressive actions of the united states and their allies aimed at the ouster of the legitimately elected president of venezuela russia demanded a procedural vote to continue the rick was a mine members voted to do so but the four votes against a signal that yet again the security council would not be speaking with

a unified voice now it's time for every other nation to pick a side no more delays no more games if you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with major and his mayhem that's a sentiment echoed by u.s. allies the united kingdom making a clear ultimatum we believe that one why don't you is the right man to take venezuela forward and we will recognize him as constitutional interim president if new elections are not announced within eight days the venezuelan foreign minister was allowed to put his country's point of view and seize the opportunity for a show and tell of what he called illegitimate u.s. intervention in latin america the united states is withdrawing forces from syria well they are going to try to start a new war now in latin america venezuela we're not. going to give them that satisfaction peace stability and understanding will prevail in venezuela in spite of all the efforts of the countries present here who are trying to trigger

a war the us secretary of state was not there to listen holding a brief news conference before walking away and leaving the council still in session behind. united nation. there is a latin american history to see him in his life for us in that's on the venezuelan columbian border lucy as you've been hearing obviously been as well at the center of international diplomacy tell us how much the people behind you there either heard and what they think about everything that's going on. hello barbara i'm on the international bridge that goes over the river it's a fairly small bridge but it's absolutely jammed as you can see with venezuelans in this case that have come into colombia which is behind me and going back most of them now into venezuela by after having bought those who can afford anything that

they can medicine full of diapers desperately needed items that they cannot get in their own country but there are others thousands of them who actually live here now they are refugees and i was speaking to them earlier they are the ones who have cell phones or access to television have been following with keen interest not only the debate that just transpired at the u.n. security council but especially what is happening the standoff inside venezuela between president might little and. who has been proclaimed by the opposition controlled national assembly as the interim president some say they're very hopeful they're not really involved in the argument about whether the u.s. pressure constitutes a violation of venezuela's national sovereignty what they want is change in their country they say they want to be able to go back home and live the way they used to be at a time when they could feed their children and when they could work but others are more skeptical they say that as long as president mahmoud or has the support of the

armed forces and weapons that weapons to back him he will never ever leave at least not peacefully let's see if you think it's possible to gauge just how much support actually has among the people of venezuela. i would say barbara that a lot of people have no idea or at least they had no idea up until a week ago when he was he was a lesser known member of the conservative. the conservative party that. is the one of the best known political leaders who's under house arrest now belongs to but it was his turn to take over as president of the opposition controlled national assembly and suddenly he's stepped into center stage and they're starting to find out who he is he's a young man whether he has supported or not isn't really the question it's how much venezuelans want a change any change that's what we're hearing now and there is certainly no way to gauge that unless there is an election and that is what a lot of people in venezuela and abroad are asking for. on the border there between

venezuela and colombia and see as always thank you eleven briscoe is the latin american caribbean program director at crisis group he joins us now via skype from a book with sir thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera so we heard from our correspondent on the venezuela border we know that there's been a lot of the plough mysie going on at the u.n. and beyond over recognition of the opposition leader why do venezuela what do you make of all that recognition that there has been for quite a few countries and the deadline now from the e.u. do you think it's just symbolic or do you think a lot of these countries will actually see it through. well it's you know the countries we're seeing starting with the united states extending to many countries in latin america announced easily also in the in the countries of the your reunion the question is at the moment under me is the thing. which is not resolved is how

far will this diplomatic gesture this largely symbolic gesture or initiative interim president who has no control over the main leaders of power or the armed forces for the police state his country to what extent will this gesture actually change the internal mix within will we start seeing major defections from the military because this will parts of the state decide that it's no longer worth their while to stay aligned with president to go and we see a reconfiguration of town which could in principle open the way to a transition and fresh elections and you hope all goes well it's later but at the moment it's as it was a few days ago president tomorrow is the sitting austerity in charge of the armed forces and he remains he still has some very important allies abroad russia and

china foremost among them i mean we were hearing from the sea and human a latin america editor leo saying that a lot of the evil that she'd spoken to there on the border between colombia venezuela i haven't really heard of one guy though before about a week ten days ago a slice of that do you think that the recognition the indorser we've seen from some nations is a good thing in the sense that it puts pressure on on the do not the step that oh do you think that ultimately mother will just give in is heels and as long as the russian china on side of doesn't really matter what other countries think. i think there are a number where you can answer that question in venezuela the end of last year the stuff that this year was approaching and you know in a poll in the native image in its ongoing economic crisis on the border with cook a child or your car stolen a space at the moment we're saying regularly three or four thousand people leave the next week to have a population of brought about three million venezuelans nowadays hyperinflation

getting worse by the day particularly in the streets we protest in all sorts of areas that didn't used to be allied with the opposition so the situation in venezuela but it was explosive and he went with a huge amount of pent up and the opposition has tried to capture that with the new fresh face the collect while the and in that respect they've been largely successful but whether this will actually change the reality is again a matter of how the situation will be developing in the coming days and obviously the government i think the stance will try and dig itself in retrench and and although it there's no doubt from what we know that it is rattle senior senior officials are rattled and as a result there is some a meeting that we believe some told me. which is possibly the first time that we can bridge say that for

a number of months but the risk at the same time is that with this extraordinary international polarization of the issue really evident in patients of the united states and certainly not to american countries to produce a very rapid way that this could integrate more tension within the country and the risk obviously of conflict ivan briscoe latin american caribbean program director at crisis group says thank you thank you very much. rescue teams are continuing to search for more than three hundred people missing in brazil after a dam holding waste from an iron mine burst it happened on friday in the town of broome and the neo in mean s.k. state at least thirty four people have been confirmed dead after more bodies were recovered from the mud brazil's national mining agency has ordered a valet s a mining company to suspend operations and the country's environmental agency has already fine.