and it's not just my friends that i mean most not friends of these days we are in a state of the universe which. did something that was. i would rather take the risks. of digital dissidents on al-jazeera. venezuelan opposition supporters or take the aid to trucks trying to breach the colombian border. meanwhile troops loyal to president were due to fire tear gas and live ammunition at protesters some others have the fact.

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up . payoff it seems that some polling stations in nigeria will president mohamed people seeking a second term. and new protests in sudan after president bashir declares a state of emergency and replaces all state governors with military officials. thank you for joining us we begin the program in venezuela where several aid convoys supported by hundreds of opposition activists are trying to force their way into the country. trucks carrying american made and volunteers are trying to breach the border from colombia by driving across bridges separating the two countries earlier violence broke out in the. on the venezuelan

side as troops and other president maduro supporters fire tear gas rubber coated steel bullets and live ammunition to try to stop the protestors colombian authorities say some of the aid will be transported by a human chain across the border while opposition leader one way those saw for convoy of aid trucks in the from. speaking out alongside the president even though where one way though called on troops to allow the convoy to cross into venezuela. he said president maduro would be held responsible for. them oh well i mean to them. this is a landmark point in our history to allow the humanitarian aid to get in and to allow prosperity we must respect the human rights of the venezuelan people to the generals and all the countries that have formed this coalition the aid that's been sent in we are turn lead grateful to you we're here at the friendship bridge and this is where all of our people have come together to help venezuela this

humanitarian aid is going into the country peacefully to save lives zach go in for the girl you money daria humanitarian aid has just been handed over to the president in charge of venezuela one quite out we demand that it be allowed to pass peacefully intervention territory so that it can help those who need it stopping it will be the attack on human rights would be a crime against humanity. well an army major says he's the fecht into the opposition at least eight members of the venezuelan national guard have also abandoned their posts colombian migration authorities released this video that appears to show three of the soldiers soliciting help from colombian offices or venezuela has a long and poor us border with its neighbors colombia and brazil stretching from more than four thousand three hundred kilometers its border with syria and that to the east is disputed now some key land crossings of turned into flashpoints in this crisis most of the foreign aid sent so far has been stockpiled in the colombian

city of brazil has also moved a towards its border i park and i'm not prompting president maduro to close the border at least two died in clashes over aid near this crossing on friday. well near the brazilian border hundreds of venezuelans cheered the arrival of a pickup trucks carrying supplies passed through the brazilian border town. of venezuelan opposition leader confirmed the arrival of the trucks but the vehicles have not passed through unofficial customs check on to go live now to a listener in ph d. who is in kuta right by the time and believe our border bridge asunder tell us what's happening where you are what are the latest developments. well barbara the standoff continues between the supporters of the opposition on the bridge that you see behind me and the troops loyal to president nicolas maduro and

number of collective us are civilians part of these collectives in the face of the revolution these are groups of that support to their. confrontation has been going on for more than two hours now with a lot of tear gas being thrown at the protesters actually some of it as. reached the location where we are standing now so it's a bit difficult to breathe about we're doing the best that we can you probably can hear more and more tear gas being thrown as the protesters as we speak in front of us at the entrance of the bridge are four trucks loaded. loaded with the american aid those trucks have not been able to move an inch so far and it's very difficult to see how they'll be able to cross into when it's so like given the

fact that the guard has not letting any ground it seems at this point that this is what happened on this first day especially since the million of volunteers more than a million volunteers the. us had spoken about has had my theory allies but you only see we have only seen maybe a couple of thousand here and that's definitely not enough to make it if they want to truly move into. this and they're obviously very difficult reporting conditions for use there but just remind us this aid coming in i mean ultimately a lot will be needed to make any kind of impact in venezuela a country that has been the economic presence for a long time now. that's very clear to everybody involved that something that even the leader of the opposition said over and over

this is as much about bringing aid into the country so. we have tear gas just very close to us. it might be difficult for us to continue i think it's better if we move right now. and there you go and keep yourself safe. reporting there from the thais had to leave because of tear gas of course i think you can actually see it there in. the back and some that was very close to where the sun that m.p.'s he was reporting from now we will try to establish a connection with a listener again as soon as it's safe for us to do so let's go to our latin america editor now lucien human she's live in san antonio that's the venezuelan side of the border with colombia susi a first of all bring us up to date what's happening where you are. where we are in the house was a very very you know father who is fifty meters from the entrance to the reach to

the to the. well with the national guard is holed up and that is where some six hundred opposition members led by members of the russian of assembly and the opposition watching that state try to march through they manage to break down the first barriers the national guard ran and when something is now the moment but they've been there that they were. apparently as i speak there are opposition to turning this what it's become incredibly violent. the clinic people see the masks on supporters of president over the streets the national guard was through and started firing at people. in very intense gunfire we know that at least thirteen people were injured one very very seriously in the nearby hospital with

a bullet through his lung. we people injured being taken away then and then to try to come in a big role so that by the rules of higher military groups who have been talking shops in front of us they've also packed on both within the rock star hotel we just found out essential while ago and just basically going all over the city paralyzing people by sight cheering people and hearing of them just trying to i'm sorry to be patient with them trying to see who it is that's coming back down to sixty. five when he had seen the a small. distance to produce out there and to come back out again because the clinton people slept on gathered supporters of the thinking they can try so for the bridge this is the signal we've got the most the most important one on the other side and that of course is some of his reticence in trucks that they want to be able to break in the ice because the sound there is on that side of the bridges are

not the stake and this is the first time we've been able to establish a connection barbara but it's been very intense and we also are hearing that there are people will kill five million order exists in clashes between peoples all of them on the national guard that's not me at this hour and members of the indigenous groups that clashed with the national guard yesterday. according to one of black women right. here in this great actor you and see a new minimum know if you see is the violence there escalates we've also been hearing about some national guard defections now a handful led that the moment but just explain to us how symbolic it is and also on a personal level of course if you are a national guard then you know you've got food provided for your family so quite symbolic the ones that have chosen to leave i'm sorry i could not hear you very

well the very bottom line is if. you could the question tell us a little bit about how symbolic the national guard the defections are. certainly any detection by the national guard is a borrowed below two hundred twenty sorry there are hundreds of people now rushing up to the bridge yes but to morrow below two hundred we go back to my google highness who has insisted over and over again and he has the support from all of the armed forces the national guard is fundamental so he's got his survival really they're the ones to kilometers with the streets and confront the opposition as well as of course these armed groups but more than the army and the opposition are to the people and to them over and over to switch sides and we're seeing that little by little some of them are doing that but it has to happen on a much bigger scale obviously bother. to have the effect that will

and members of the opposition are hoping for still it's now two thirty sorry it's now three scared in the afternoon here in sachi down in that and they're still light for a few more hours and i think it's. i don't know whether the troops over yet but the government has been able by and large to hold its ground we know that one of the food shipments or convoys that made it halfway across the bridge which is about twenty minutes from where i am one was destroyed by members of the public people this is the report that we're getting at this hour the scene human with the latest of course we will be checking in with you for more developments for the moment thank you and stay safe meanwhile president nicolas maduro has told a rally in the venezuelan capital that he's broken off diplomatic relations with colombia and is expelling employees from its embassy thousands of medusa supporters a strong the streets and caracas to hear and speak president was refusing to back

down on this promise not to let. the says the aid convoy as part of a u.s. led invasion and his country doesn't need it. motherhood's i mean i hold the reins and i will continue and keep them in my hands and uphold them with this constitution as a pious and will govern and democratically freely for the well being of the majority of this nation this is my commitment to you. vote counting has started in nigeria is the lead presidential and parliamentary elections mohamed hooper hari is seeking a second term his main rival for more than seventy have a candidates is the former vice president i think. there have been chaotic scenes after delays at some polling stations and hours before voting began gunfire and

explosions were reported in two towns in the volatile northeast of the country from my degree i'm ready dressed as this report. early morning confusion of this polling station and way to greet voters are angry at officials fulfilling to start the pull one hour party to. the voting machines and reading things are pretty slow. the problem was eventually resolved. was to fibro he was able to vote but he needed assistance at the polling station he wants an improvement in facilities for people with disabilities then i will be exposed to danger if the person helping us has party preferences privacy should be protected better. the early morning turnout in many areas of the city was good despite reports of attacks sixty five year old want to keep a walk up to the sounds of explosions in my degree but was determined to vote.

we've seen and heard words from the quorum they cannot stop us from voting only die once you can see how eager the people are hours after the explosions the police say the city is safe and the civilians while not targeted but in the neighboring your base state hundreds of residents and potential voters fled the town of get them after suspected broke or on fighters attempted to infiltrate the city the army which acknowledged that attack sorry crom has been restored. six hundred kilometers from here president obama body votes in his hometown in doha the seventy five year old seeming to avoid the fate but be fillies protests and good luck jonathan. one electic time in office he sounded upbeat and high although for some very hopeful indeed but you know if you do that you know if you live like that when you accept defeat i'm glad that we are not above eventually. going to be there were enough thank you very much if i want to disclose his rivals

a to quote work or also cast his ballot hoping to return to the corridors of power he left twelve years ago. although delays were reported in many parts of nigeria election officials are hopeful of a good turnout what is not clear is if the postponement of the vote last week will affect the final number or test their ballots a decrease. made to go to niger with a whole joins us live now from the headquarters of a vote monitoring operation in the capital. so obviously you know we're getting different reports from around the country but tell us what you're hearing and what you've seen ok. yeah we're nowhere near a final result maybe twenty four hours old wall these monitors behind me have three thousand normal monitors down to the field they're receiving instructions and and it will nation from them all the time and what they're doing is looking at the results that are being counted police stations and making sure that those results

are accurately reflected in the final tabulation of the current government or of the independent electoral commission. senator there also calls monitoring reports of disturbances and so on and polling stations but i'm here to bring you my guest my guest is dr christopher when you're with the national democratic institute a u.s. based organization promoting democracy in montreal actions and you have been monitoring niger. during elections i would imagine since the end of military rule in one nine hundred ninety nine is it possible to compare this election to go before it and say that nigerian democracy is evolving maturing moving in the right direction you so right i have had the privilege of observing every election in nigeria since one thousand nine hundred nine. and flows of various elections and although we had a point where the electoral process is still ongoing and you can't pass judgement until the final results are announced and the results settled by the various

candidates and the parties it's fair to say that there has been incremental process progress in the way which elections are being a minister in nigeria you can only see the vitality of an agency was an incision this wasn't happening ten fifteen twenty years ago you can also see the level of new technology that's been introduced in election administration there was in the case ten fifteen years ago and you can also see that nigeria's increasingly holding the i nick which is the election a musician body to very high standards which is great which is a sign that the down believe that elections matter and their votes count and you were speaking to earlier about how important an exterior actually is just the sort of bellwether on the continent of africa particularly now in a year of very important african elections ahead other countries will be looking to nigeria as an example absolutely other african countries naturally look to nigeria for its leadership role i mean this is the giant of the continent the largest economy on the african continent the highest populated country two hundred million

inhabitants and so what happens in nigeria has huge significance for the countries on this continent we are still in two thousand and nineteen at the beginning of a new cycle of national elections sinegal is right around the corner south africa may be coming up guinea cannot please god least it will actions malawi's got presidential elections and soon will be here here and as this is happening because as nigeria. electional some other african countries and that's why to god nineteen is very important for nigeria and the african continent you may not wish to make predictions but what are your instincts telling you about the likely outcome of this election because this too early to make provisions as international observers will not be in the prediction business we are observing and we report accurately what we've seen through the pre-election period as well as on election day in the days immediately following the casting of the ballots but of course the hope in this country will be that there is

a decisive result rather than one that gets my day in court battles and post-election violence in fact the hope for nigeria i would say is that their election results will be announced would be seen by nigerians as a true reflection of what transpired on election day and that that outcome will be recognized by all the stakeholders i would allow nigeria to deepen and for their strengthen its democracy great to talk to you thanks so much for your insights dr strings from when you're there with the national democratic institute of firming really his long experience of covering it nigeria elections here things are at least moving in the right direction back to. china how the latest from a villager thank you. it's going to ban now the main opposition party there says protesters will keep up their campaign against the president after he declared a state of emergency late on friday omar bashir also announced he was dissolving the central and state governments sparking overnight demonstrations but the streets

have since been quiet the state of emergency give security forces including the military the right to raid houses and buildings without warrants and put institutions under surveillance if you'd seen that they were used any legal activities and property or financial assets can be seized and all groups can be banned or regulated and have their transport and telecommunications controlled president bashir is also appointed six new ministers and governors for sudan's eighteen provinces all of whom have a military or security background or such a bari has been. there calling for an end to their presidents. and denouncing his latest move only hours after omar bashir made an announcement that reflects how much these protests have shaken the government. ought to clear the following to impose a state of emergency for one year to dissolve the national unity government to

dissolve the provincial governments and we will continue to take measures to implement what i have resolved ok country requires us to stand together it demands of to remain united patient and tolerant i am certain we will be an example to follow. for over two months people in sudan have been taking to the streets their anger ignited by an economic crisis they've demanded that omar al bashir step down according to sit downs constitution a state of emergency would allow security forces to arrest those deemed as a threat to the country and its political and economic stability. and you government will be formed which the president says will work on fixing the economy as he called for die. i log some say his announcements are far from what those who have been demonstrating want to see happen in the demonstrations are likely to continue to finance or mistaken various. reasons they cannot make situation is not meeting problem and the demonstrations are basically based on economic hardships so

it's not just for him to say calm down it's how when the. economy has not been addressed so demonstrations are likely to continue regardless of their status from agency. has ruled for nearly three decades he came to power in a bloodless military coup in one thousand nine hundred nine overthrowing a democratically elected government. since two thousand and twelve anti-government protests grew over rising costs the. security forces responded each time using tear gas and live ammunition hundreds die. the protests that started in december last year have become the long this wave of anti-government demonstrations since the country's independence with a state of emergency declared protests may be harder to sustain. and bashir may have found a way to end the biggest challenge to his presidency dorsetshire pari al-jazeera.

security forces an individual mr kashmir have arrested nearly one hundred fifty people in response to a bomb attack last week meanwhile the pakistani army has warned india against any action as tensions mount between the nuclear armed the neighbors india's military says pakistani intelligence was involved in the assault which left at least forty one indian paramilitary troops dead a pakistan based on group had claimed responsibility. more than one thousand people have died after drinking toxic alcohol in northeastern india most of the victims worked on a tea plantations in a some state around two hundred others of the hospitalized the deaths come less than two weeks after more than one hundred people died from consuming say to drink in northern india that's from illegally produced alcohol or common in the country where many cannot afford branded spirits. a good. action is being taken

against whoever is involved in this business of trying to alcohol the excise department has started their operation the police are helping them and then aris may be made and accordingly the investigations will continue. the syrian democratic forces say the battle for control of isis last remaining territory in the country is being held up because civilians remain trapped there thousands of people have already been rescued from the eastern village of bugs but the u.s. backed kurdish forces say that around three thousand people are still stuck in the besieged enclaves and they're being used as human shields by around three hundred eisel fighters. a german catholic cardinal has revealed the church that church files on priests and sexually abused children were destroyed or never written the admission came on the third day of an unprecedented meeting at the vatican on sexual abuse within the church the sexual abuse of children and

youth is in no small measure due to the abuse of power in the area of administration in this regard administration has not contributed to fulfilling the mission of the church but all the country has obscured discredited and made it impossible fires that could have documented the terrible deeds and maimed those responsible were destroyed or not even created. instead of the proper traitors the victims were regulated and silence imposed. the stipulated procedures and processes for the pro prosecution of offenses were deliberately not complied with but instead cancelled overridden it's take you back to venezuela now more developments from there mohammed in june joins us live from baghdad i'm ed that's actually on the brazilian border with venezuela mohammed

earlier on in the program we heard a lot of skirmishes a lot of violence on the colombia venezuela border tell us what's happening where you are. well barbara we've been speaking to a lot of the migrants that are crossing from venezuela into brazil and they have been describing really chaotic and violent scenes in a town on in israel a side of the border close to the border with brazil called santa and then and i we were speaking about this town yesterday and we were also speaking about earlier today because this is a town in which there is an indigenous group that has been getting into clashes with venezuelan security forces with the venezuelan army members because members of this indigenous group has been trying to help in israel in opposition in their attempts to get aid into venezuela so because of that they are at odds with the army and we've had many descriptions of. a lot of violence is going on of the army having shot numerous times at venezuelans and also members of this indigenous group

in atlanta just a short while ago we saw another ambulance across from venezuela which is just behind me we're right on the border and pocket i'm a we're on the brazilian side where you see the vehicles behind us that's when israel up we saw an ambulance come in it was indicated to us that there were four injured people in that ambulance they were being taken to boa vista the capital of a hut i'm a province where we are where they will seek medical treatment that's where other people who were injured in clashes yesterday have also been taken for treatment everybody we've been speaking with today is worried that it's going to get much worse on the venezuelan side of the border here on the brazilian side yes the official border crossing from venezuela yes that is close behind where these vehicles are about a few hundred feet that direction well there is a line of venezuelan security forces that are not allowing anybody to pass but this is just a narrow stretch of road we're talking about we must remind our viewers that this

border is vast and this border is very porous and so you have hills around us and what happens is the migrants go around where these security forces are they go up the hills they come through the brush. and then they cross into brazil where they are greeted by members of brazil's military where they get water and they get food and then they are taken to a shelter very close to where we are as well many of them start seeking asylum from that point one more thing i need to add these white vehicles you see behind us these vehicles have been as well in license plates these are the only vehicles that have crossed into day that have aid on them this aid has been distributed to some of the migrants on that side of the border a lot of it was water that was through there were some medical supplies we had been led to believe there was going to be much more aid here on the border today and that this venezuelan convoy was going to cross in and take it and go back obviously that's been complicated we're waiting to find out more developments and we'll bring those to you as we have them barbara. at that border between venezuela and brazil one hundred. now u.s. singer r.

kelly has appeared in court in chicago on multiple sexual assault charges a judge described the allegations against him as the stabbing and set bail at one million u.s. dollars the fifty two year old whose real name is robert kelly turned himself into authorities late on friday he's facing ten counts of aggravated sexual abuse for incidents dating back as far as main one thousand nine hundred eight you most women have accused the singer of sexual abuse over the past twenty years. now when you're reminded of our top stories several aid convoys supported by hundreds of opposition activists are trying to force their way into venezuela. carrying american aid and volunteers are trying to breach the border from colombia by driving across bridges separating the two countries earlier violence broke out in a new radio in the venezuelan side as national guard forces fired tear gas and rubber

bullets to stop the opposition supporters colombian authorities say some of the aid will be transported by a human chain across the border which opposition leader one way bill said would save lives. i mean that i'm. this is a landmark point in our history to allow the humanitarian aid to get in and to allow perspire to we must respect the human rights of the venezuelan people to the generals and the countries that have formed this coalition the aid that's been sent in we are turn lead grateful to you we're here at the friendship bridge and this is where all of our people have come together to help venezuela this humanitarian aid is going into the country peacefully to save lives meanwhile president nicolas maduro has been holding a big rally in the venezuelan capital where he has just announced he will break the platic relations with colombia thousands of supporters thronged the streets and had

a president who is refusing to back down on his promise not to let. says the aid convoy is part of a u.s. led invasion and his country doesn't need it. vote counting has started in nigeria is the laid presidential and parliamentary elections mohamed bihari is seeking a second term his main rival for more than seventy other candidates is the former vice president i think who. there have been chaotic scenes after delays at some polling stations and the hours before voting began there was gunfire and explosions in two towns in the volatile northeast sudan's main opposition party says protesters will keep up their campaign against the president after he declared a state of emergency leave omar bashir also announced it was dissolved in the central and state governments appointing six new ministers in governors all of whom have a military or security background we're going to have half an hour worth of news for you coming up next the listening post by.

thank you we've even now been found to be the last dead attack in just one night i know i think. what he's done to be a host of but i'm the only one. asked. hello i'm richard just put in you're at the listening post here are some of the stories that we're covering this week there's no issue that gets the indian media going like kashmir and not just mainstream journalism social media can drive the coverage of the story the troubles in northern ireland and the troubles of trying

to cover them which persists to this day a russian funded news outlet takes the fall on facebook zuckerberg and co are still making the rules up as they go along and.