there's a shit the only thing that you're going to say is what we want and if you don't say it we're not to let you speak it would be very hard for ordinary americans to know that they're being deceived the occupation of the american mind on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. santa maria this is the news hour from al-jazeera there is no turning back says venezuela's opposition leader as his supporters confront the military on the streets of caracas also warning from sudan's military to protest is there a clear your barricades and respect the law. and barbara starr in london with the top stories from europe including theirs. for our politicians to get together

a priest to criticize politicians at the funeral of murdered journalist leader of the key appeals for them to make more moves towards unity in sport it's a big night in the champions league kickoff is an hour away as i x. face tottenham in the first leg of the semifinal clash. it's been a day of fast moving dramatic developments in venezuela the government of president nicolas maduro says it's facing down a coup by supporters of opposition leader. speaking from a military base why don't. the time has come to confront government but still in doubt is the ultimate loyalty of the country's very powerful military starting with the support from sort of hide it.

this is how an homage to military vehicle in caracas responded to antigovernment protesters the crowds had come out after all cooled by opposition leader one quite to join him and soldiers that have defected. these men are fighting against the venezuelan military they want support for. the fighting continues between forces loyal to and against president nicolas maduro in caracas crowds gathered to join the opposition. was that's despite the government vowing to end what it calls an attempted coup it was struck down. because they've called upon us the military is pushing us away but you came here in peace well it's whether we went to the us. posted this video on social media saying he now has support from soldiers to begin what's he called

the final phase of a plan to remove president maduro. hours later the man who declared himself as interior president in january called for more members of the military and public to join. the political will for the collars for everyone to come out into the streets at this moment and to back what we've built over the years we're now here in the streets not only with the international community and not only our citizens but now with the national forces who are backing the citizens the future and progress so it's an important moment for venezuela. here polder lopez also came out in support of quiet just hours after being released from house arrest the prominent opposition figure was accused of inciting violence during antigovernment protests in twenty fourteen he says he was let's go by soldiers from declared their loyalty to quite so and thinks more will join. the custodians are with us because

stadiums came and ones that have been part of this process came with us and i'm convinced that there will be many more for the military force who will join this process. i. but it's not everyone is convinced the door supporters have gathered near the presidential palace to show their support for their leader thank you know. there's no doubt the people of venezuela are addressing his conferred to us in history to defend our country but the legacy of hugo chavez and the only legitimate and legal president of venezuela nicholas material. there's been strong international reaction spain has warned against bloodshed while the united states has once again stressed its support for why don't and the removal of president maduro so it's all just. an update now with our correspondent. daniel what is the latest on the situation after all the very

large protests and quite dramatic things that we saw about two or three hours ago. welcome our i think it's a case really of counting heads one way though has laid down the challenge that nicolas maduro to the military in venezuela and to the venezuelan people and i think both sides of the international community as well the millions of venezuela's who are venezuelans will lead the country all waiting now and watching to see who responds who blinks who walks out onto the street and expresses their support for either nicolas maduro or for why though we've seen as you said thousands of people out on the street supporting it all he produced that video earlier this morning where some military stood side by side with him on the other side we've seen the military high command in venice whaler expressing their support for nicolas maduro the different the defense minister wearing a military uniform went on television surrounded by military leaders expressing

a lot to the president and to the venezuelan constitution the really it's now a case of watching and waiting to see who goes was whether thousands more take to the streets in the next few days how many more military may or may not follow the lead set by some of those the military we've seen move change ranks and support the white on yes so important to keep an eye on the military isn't it for now thank you daniel. let's hear now from stefan to yacht it sure is the spokesman for the u.n. secretary general warning against more violence in venezuela obviously the secretary general is following very closely and with concern the latest developments in venezuela the situation is unfolding as we speak we are also the united nations is also reaching out to the parties the secretary general urges all sides to exercise maximum restraint and he appeals to all stakeholders to avoid any

violence and take immediate steps to restore calm. so that u.s. reaction now is well with kimberly how could our white house correspondent the majority government trying to paint this as something that's actually being almost dictated and led from the building behind you what is the reaction from the white house. those are some of the questions that are always persistent here on the ground here in washington but when we ask the trumpet ministration officials very simply that question you know we usually don't get a clear answer what we're hearing from the u.s. military in terms of its reaction is that its mission remains unchanged the national security advisor john bolton has not ruled out that there might be at some point venezuela u.s. military intervention but at the same time what he's saying right now in reaction to events on the ground is that the venezuelan military needs to protect the constitution we did have the opportunity face to face to ask questions of kellyanne conway donald trump's senior advisor counselor to the president she would not

answer the question about military intervention by the united states only saying that the united states is in support of the venezuelan people and they are monitoring the situation. we support the people of venezuela we're sad that they have been starved by majority they've been denied food and medicine and basic humanitarian needs having been mad at the united states has gotten supplies there to them sometimes the those have been obstructed or burned but we stand with the people of venezuela and we stand with. majority has to go it's very clear where u.s. support lies in fact we know that donald trump back in january officially recognized one why don't you as the interim leader of venezuela we've also though continue to hear these questions about whether or not the u.s. has been quietly orchestrating this behind the scenes as well we have heard discussions of the very controversial founder of the security firm blackwater that

he has been holding meetings with not only wealthy venezuela exiles but also with. supporters trying to get funding for a mercenary army if you will to try and topple the president nicolas maduro now this is something that the national security council has denied in fact what we're hearing from the secretary of state in his official comments coming out today is that the u.s. government fully supports the venezuelan people in the quest for freedom democracy cannot be defeated kimberly how could it the white house thank you. we've been to other news sudan where the ruling military council has asked protesters not to lower into their hands the military said it still hopes to narrow its differences with protest leaders who are still on the streets calling for a civilian government and for reports now from khartoum. sudan stopped generals warn their patience has limits they want the protesters on the streets of the

capital khartoum to remove roadblocks checkpoints and allow trains to bring food supplies across the country where they were there we are responsible and we have to take responsibility as a military council as it unseasonal noted a council we have to protect the citizens and protect the law we will not accept any chaos or attack on civilians and their properties and properties of the state and we will deal with this firmly and in accordance with the law this is what you wanted to clarify to the sudanese people we did not want to add insult to injury. the army's warning comes after talks with the opposition hit a snag the two sides have agreed to form a new body to run the country until the next elections the army wants a majority in the transitional body. and so far it has avoided an escalation that might lead to an armed confrontation. over the we have made many concessions for

the sake of protecting our nation and preventing scenarios similar to what happened in neighboring countries we want to talk to end quickly so that the tension deescalate. but the young activists behind the mass poultice movement that toppled president omar al bashir worry the military is buying time to prevent a civilian takeover. they say they want the army's role a district and its influence contained during the transitional period. in a press conference on tuesday so that his professional association denounced the military saying they have no desire to give up power to civilians here and. the military council is not serious about transferring power to civilians it is clear they want to keep power and retain it for themselves this is unacceptable the revolution did not take place in order to stop a unilateral military regime into another uni lateral military regime therefore

this will not be accepted and is not acceptable strong statements that sent ultimatums have replaced the soft and optimistic language of the last few days casting doubts over the prospects. until further notice. so as you heard the military council is warning demonstrators against any further blockades or disruptions to daily life protest groups have called for civil disobedience and a so-called million man march on thursday as part of efforts to force the military to hand over to civilian rule thousands of people have already been staging that sit in the tomb since earlier in the month the military council wants the protesters to take down their barricades on the streets and bridges this is where they were on tuesday some are moved day by day depending on the mood of the streets blocking chaos near the river and the roads leading to the military headquarters where the crowds gathered since april six five days before the coup that ousted

president omar bashir. is trying to remove the roadblocks themselves several times have faced opposition from the crowds has more of their stories from. a confrontation outside the sudanese military headquarters protesters are taking their demand for out of town to civilian rule to the gates of the big. the taz as the country's military rulers these after the transitional military council last fall the reopening of roads bridges and railways blocked by the protesters about order completely changed outposts for. almost immediately the protesters began reinforcing the body creates they say the military is a real intention is to disperse them. the governor said order i have all but no one can remove those barricades i have been put by the protesters to particular lives and early day you can remove it. until now this has been a happy place for weeks the protests the south sutt here chanting and singing

themselves hoarse but they need peace justice and freedom must tension rises their message to the transitional military council is simply hand over power and. the impact of the blockade of the old somebody's kid bridges is being felt across the cup at a traffic gridlock south called one of the few streets in central hub tunes that are still open they follow solomon has been a taxi driver here for more than twenty years now neat. business is bad my income has gone down by up to sixty five percent since the roads were closed. for many sudanese the fault of going back to anything similar to the omar al bashir years is unbearable until now the protests have the support. to have departed not disruptive but it's always that we would not have seen a close roads or even protests if we didn't have to even say it's talks between the

military council position parties and protest organizers to form a transitional government a continuing but no deal has been pushed off the several rounds of negotiations the most optimistic hope that the lack of a breakthrough is just another glitch in what is undoubtedly going to be a long process. and the talks will eventually bear fruit. out here. but they're certainly not going anywhere. and mama does with us now in khartoum mohammed is it fair to me fair for me to say that it seems the two sides are actually moving further apart despite you know say a week ago actually looking like they were making some progress. well yes kemal yes the up between the two sides seems to be widening and that the euphoria and optimism about the talks are given way to frustration which those who presented

to of the sudanese professionals association who held up press conference earlier on this evening were very keen to tell the people of sudan of course this saying they're not short or for options that would really call for a million man march on thursday they did that a few days ago or they did not get the numbers but this time they are hopeful that more people will tarn up and pile pressure on the transitional military council they say if all of our options fail in that also have another which is. shutting down the entire said done through general strikes and the transitional military council seems to of paved the way for them to carry out this when on monday they disbanded all trade unions and formed a committee to look into the formation of others which gives the. forces for reform

and change the opportunity to call strike whenever they want so they are saying we will keep on piling the pressure on the military who are not keen at the moment to share power until they hung over to civilian rule mohamed when you were out with the protesters earlier did you get the feeling that it would actually stay peaceful as the leaders are saying and as the military clearly wants them to stay peaceful. well i mean it all depends on how the talks go if the current atmosphere of mistrust continues then anything can happen no one can actually tell what will happen next but everything depends on how things go with the talks but as we're looking now that morse fell off the military council giving into the demands of the protesters in those early days including even having up cutting out of within the transitional military council itself of

individuals who are deemed to have been very cruel stormwater bushehr i think that we're not going to see again and both sides digging in for a fight for how to do and how to thank you is what's coming up view on this news our sri lanka's catholic church as public mass will resume on sunday but it will be amid tight security for the first time in two hundred years a japanese emperor abdicates from his throne. may not be in the right side of the very. rugged. donald trump gets kitted out by the college basketball champions on their visit to the white house paul will have that story a little later. least twenty five people were killed during an attack on could become

a village in northeastern nigeria victims' relatives believe boko haram is behind the attack although there is no immediate claim of responsibility the group is known for attacking villages in the area where dozens of people were kidnapped on one of nigeria's business busiest highways on monday afternoon and several people were shot dead when a gunman opened fire to moving vehicle witnesses say as many as ten people may have been killed this all happened after police announced a series of arrests and raids on the kidnappers ahmed idris has more now from some far. kidnapping for ransom is becoming one of the fastest growing criminal enterprises in nigeria it's not restricted to places like the northwest of nigeria like in this impoverished community where the residents had to pay several thousand dollars to kidnap us over the last one year to get their own people released from the kidnappers all the all producing niger delta white expired treats and the rich

are being targeted by these criminals now it's even spread to other parts of nigeria in the capital it's so difficult to move from abuja to kaduna which is just less than two hundred kilometers away from the federal capital now almost every week we have reports of people being abducted on a highway that is supposedly being protected by the security forces the nigerian government has deployed the military to help civil authorities deal with the problem but because of the attraction in these criminal enterprise a lot of young men are ending up being kidnapped this. the catholic church in sri lanka will resume sunday mass on may fifth after a break since the easter attacks the archbishop of colombo cardinal malcolm run jif spoke earlier of his dissatisfaction however with the government's investigation so far he urged officials to act before people take the law into their own hands. instead of going along with the government and doing these that there would be any really just that yeah we could do that it uses the other party and

this is a he. is. really to do that because if there is evil in this country do not have any trust in government agencies and organizations then he beat us we are willing to do that we will get him up. then just to see the mission and they should lankan government has lifted a ban on social media which was put in place after these to sunday bombings platforms were blocked swiftly after the attacks which the government called a move to fight against misinformation. history's been made in japan with the first imperial abdication in more than two hundred years in a brief ceremony in the imperial palace in tokyo and stood down from the throne to make way for his eldest son who officially became the new emperor a few hours ago when he reports now from tokyo. after more than thirty

years on the throne emperor akihito made a slow final walk into the serum o'neill room in the imperial palace as was so often the case throughout his reign he was accompanied and supported by his wife improves michiko a key he told then spoke for the last time as emperor of japan much it is fortunate that i have been able to perform my duty as imperator would perform trust and respect for the japanese people for thirty years since my are sentient. to the tram to the people who accepted and supported me as a symbol i express my art felt. there was little fanfare all fuss surrounding the ceremony which lasted around ten minutes that low key nature of it was perhaps fitting for an emperor who sought to change the perception of the role one of akihito as legacies is that he modernized the imperial family by attempting

to make it relevant and because of that there is still widespread public support for it according to polling and there was also overwhelming support for this abdication. in a surprise speech three years ago he said he felt his health and age would prevent him performing his duties but he had to stop short of saying he wanted to retire because there was no law allowing for abdication but the message from the palace and the support for his wishes from the public meant the government had little choice but to pass a one off law allowing for the abdication. kind of put him on with the day of publication i read afflict upon the long years old with the embryo has taught philip shared the happiness and sadness of the people of. new once again the feeling of the prospect and banks among those at the ceremony the oldest son of akihito crown prince know he told you on wednesday will become the one hundred twenty sixth emperor of japan and that will be his day this one belonged to emperor akihito after

a few minutes the education was complete the eighty five year old offered a bow and a moment's reflection before leaving the room heading for a quieter life wayne hay al-jazeera tokyo still ahead on this news our u.s. president says anyone seeking asylum should get a bill from the government that however could be easier said than done on thousands or in kabul for the second day of a prominent gathering as leaders discuss just how to deal with the taliban. in sports with paul a little later as well including the giant serbian leading the way for denver in the n.b.a. playoffs. hello the weather's now laws you dry across the middle east but we have still see some right of rather lively weather this area cloud making its way into northern parts

of iran behind that some very strong winds talking in the stall here just to the south of baghdad pretty difficult have. conditions quite chaotic conditions for a toddler things quieting down as you go on through the next couple of days for the race as he lost a sunshine twenty cells just that a couple were getting up to thirty five in baghdad the temperatures really starting to ramp up now with sometimes it may be touching thirty one hundred found high thursday off their little cloud coming into the eleventh day spots with to rain just around the coastal fringes of that eastern side of the method two celsius in kuwait generally settled and sunny here settle in sunny to across the peninsula and again the temperature starting to ramp up such as strong wind that still have cost more than pots of saudi arabia for todd on wednesday easing back on thursday a little bit of cloud just another the eastern side of the peninsula we are going to see it warming up those a citizen over the next couple of days for southern africa but jenny trying to

south africa but i'm afraid the showers continue the northern parts of mozambique. familia. innocent lives ended in an instant. then grilled. on the debates around firearms. for survivors and families of the four then reality often changes for rafa. front lines investigates the long lasting trauma inflicted on communities the aftermath machine thousands in america on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. every.

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has accused the military of not being serious about handing over power to civilians earlier the military council warned protesters not to take matters into their own hands and said an agreement with the opposition would be reached soon and japan. has formally abdicated during the ceremony in tokyo to the public he said he prays for pace this ritual which involves handing over what's known as the chrysanthemum throne to his son took place at the imperial palace his son is now emperor of japan . i want to go back to our top story now and that is the violence the political uncertainty in venezuela joining us from paris now. on who is the former chief of staff to president nicolas maduro thank you for your time maybe first of all you can just explain to us what your position is now even though you did used to work for the president where do you stand now between these two very powerful men in venezuela. well thank you for having me i am now

a professor in politics in c.l. spoiling paris that's why i mean this in the city well politically speaking i define myself. as a progressive if you will. who has break broken path with president nicolas maduro since two thousand and thirteen when i left his government but i still. progressive so i owe pose on mr wade those approach to the crisis and he's proclaiming i have been an advocate of dialogue and negotiate a solution to the crisis in my country which is clearly not happening at the moment what do you make of what's actually happened today because well why don't who's always been adamant that he wouldn't back down and his supporters wouldn't back down but today is a massive escalation and in turn the military's come back with force we saw

pictures of a military vehicle running over protesters. yes again. dialogue is clearly not happening but that doesn't mean that we will reach a solution through violent means i have warned and again escalating in the in the current crisis we have to bring in mind that the country's in a political stalemate for more than three months and that the country's undergoing its most severe economic and social crisis so. as long as the as the leaders of the government and the opposition insist on escalating the only outcome will be violence but the crisis will not be result what it what is amazing today's mr way those move. is supposed to be a peaceful move and we have seen by others on the streets is supposed to be a call to the armed forces that basically have not cited with him i have insisted

in the past that the venezuelan armed forces are institutional and that they the reason why they are there siding with mr mother is not because they back there with his policies is not because he they are in agreement if you will with what he's doing but it is because they consider mr mother was the legal legal president of the of venezuela you know if any turn a deal is to replace him it has to be. as as as a as a consequence of a political political process in the country otherwise once again what we will see and what will witness is further violence but not the end of the crisis i'm just reading that canada's foreign minister is requesting an emergency meeting of the so-called lima group the countries i guess with vested interests here i mean can that be helpful in any international intervention because there are some pretty clear divisions in the international community as well. yes i mean

if any international action can be useful as long as international stakeholders understand that there needs to be a negotiation they a group of countries cannot impose what is going to happen in venezuela and unfortunately the lima group so far has sided with me so where you go since the beginning i mean it's their perfect right but they they need to understand that we need to enter in a more civilized in a more political face of the crisis otherwise will will will continue again seeing seeing this violence and international pressure will not work unless they put pressure on both sides and on all sides of the venues on the society to reach to the meant that leads the country back to the normal functioning of its democracy and that allows the members in a society to tackle aids very very serious problems and those problems are

affecting the venezuelan people that are desperate for instance for for for food for medicine and for humanitarian relief just on the political side of things seeing is that is where you have worked as well someone we haven't really talked about today is the older lopez the politician who was released and a lot of this is started since then does he have a role to play is he a strong enough figure or is this just really versus. you know it's not it's not just muddle versus where you go i said there's a in the past venezuela doesn't have a choice between two exclusive leaderships venezuela has a problem of political and democratic coexistence and therefore all the political leaders must be welcome in or around the table the problem in the in the specific case of mr lobel the up is that every time we see his face and i regret it again every time with is for a new period of escalation and violence and he was

a leading figure in the revolves of two thousand and fourteen that's the reason why he ended up in prison he's part he was involved in the two thousand and seventeen violence also and now we see him again in a new attempt to solve this crisis to overcome this crisis through violence and division so again everybody must be welcome to the table but the need first to enact that no party is entitled to represent the whole then isn't a society which is politically very divided and that they need to understand that they will have to they have will have to co-exist with their political adversaries i mean venezuela needs to go come back not so long ago even even if there were there were tensions venezuela was working under president teller's and before that as a democratic country with a constitution built by the venezuelan people and with working institutions and you know free competition for power we need to go back to that in order to become

a prosperous country and a sustainable society to me to put us on joining us from paris it's been really interesting talking to actually thank you so much for your time. thank you for having me. briggs it hasn't gone away in fact the u.k.'s opposition labor party has restated its policy that it will only support a further referendum on break that under certain certain circumstances more on. your opinion center hi barbara. thank you yes labor is national executive committee agreed today to the side the wording of it and a fester for the european elections coming up of course in a way it will only support another public vote if it can't get the votes the changes it wants to the prime minister as withdrawal agreement or secure a general election and i hear what explains. they could be forgiven if they feel

rather confused about the state of british politics at the moment two deadlines to leave the e.u. have already passed and getting a deal through the u.k. parliament is proving extremely elusive after three failed attempts to reason may is looking beyond her own party for support because. opposition labor m.p.'s are ongoing to try to strike a deal before the new end of october deadline labor has agreed to support another referendum if it can't get the changes it wants to to resume a stale or general election the party is preparing to field candidates in european elections of course it wouldn't be taking part in we agree that the manifesto is going to be the. next it has divided britain like nothing else in recent times are so the word and people can respond with an exhausted. one of britain's new with political parties made up of defectors from the conservatives and labor is

pushing for a fresh vote. and i think it's. increasingly people in the united kingdom are looking at bracks it with horror i know lots of people are absolutely fed up with it they want an end to the maps and the only way through that is to have that people's vote remain on the ballot paper and with a good campaign we will win it there is frustration among many in britain on both sides of the break to debate about the political impasse. at the moment we're just not seeing much happening in british politics in parliament so not much to masticate not much from back there and that's basically because both leaders of both parties are really struggling to bring their m.p.'s along on their back to position so there's no guarantee that any time soon there will be a break through the stalemate. is nearly three years since people in britain went to the polls to decide whether they should stay in all leave the e.u.

the result caused a political earthquake and the aftershocks are still being felt and he would al-jazeera in london. a priest who received a standing ovation for criticizing politicians at a northern arlen funeral is appealing for them to make more moves towards unity father martin mcgill made his comments to al-jazeera ahead of local council elections this week he's received a groundswell of support after asking why took the funeral of a young journalist killed by distant republicans for politicians to come together two years after sharing broke down andrew symonds reports now from london that. one priest of the journalist shot dead virus republican dissidents have shaken northern ireland political system father martin mcgill inundated by messages of support from both sides of the divide is calling politicians to account their campaigning for local elections and they're being given

a reminder of the big three sectarianism in division one world there's a mood for our politicians to get together if the politicians can stand back and maybe stand away from from the the experience the embarrassment whatever they may or felt in the cathedral last week and actually be very grateful that people want their. there i'm a key was killed during rioting in london derry dissident republicans say they shot her by mistake. a short distance from where she died election canvassers are mainstream republicans for machine fame once the political wing of the provisional ira which disbanding was part of the good friday peace agreement in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight the political messaging on the doorstep is much the same as ever so is this a landmark moment in post conflict northern ireland the cynics say no talks about talks on trying to restore power sharing after

a two year deadlock are due next week but there are no apparent signs of a breakthrough the p in the usual stance the way don't tell of an irish language checked. waiters and language checked in scotland has the language that we don't have the names language and here we don't have equality to get my split and in a union steria there's talk of deep distrust there are people who never seem to want to accept. that there as a community here that are brought ashore while there is talk of political unity following leerie mckinney's killing there are still very deep social divisions here i don't think a change is going to come gradually little comment to from the club or it will convert all of us the longer we go on sort of those weary steel and coal situation all is going on is that people are consolidated in their particular communities watershed moments have come and gone in three decades of conflict the legacy of

nero's death will depend on whether there's a last thing momentum for change. andrew simmons al-jazeera londonderry let's it from london for now let's go back to come. thank you barbara wallace we've been looking at the european news the u.s. national security advisor john bolton has been giving an impromptu news conference at the white house here it is just from a few moments ago this is obviously a very serious situation. the president has been monitoring it minute by minute throughout the day as have his advisors we see this now as potentially dispositive moment in the efforts of the venezuelan people to regain their freedom which we fully support. there have been a lot of speculation comment in the media about what's happening in venezuela we think it's still very important for key figures in the regime

who have been talking to the opposition over these last three months to make good on their commitments to achieve the peaceful transfer of power from the mid your oakley to interim president won glide. figures like defense minister vladimir put dream no chief judge of the venezuelan supreme court mccallum or a no the commander of the presidential guard rafael hernandez. all agreed that madeira had to go they need to be able to act the same afternoon or this evening to help bring other military forces to the side of the interim president. the cubans we believe have. played a very significant role and propping the duro up today simply with. help from the russians that's the speculation certainly in caracas we think biz demonstrates why

we need venezuela ruled by the people of benghazi. ala and not by external forces that's what we're looking at and i'd be happy to answer a few streisand that was fresh and interesting from a lot of ways knowing her. well want to go i don't know is out on the streets of caracas now he's rallying the people he's called for the people to come out and they are they are increasingly on the streets as i think many of you know there were mass demonstrations planned for tomorrow the circumstances of what's happened today in caracas of called people out all over the country so why dole is behaving in the same courageous way he and other figures in the opposition have these last three months we know that over forty people have been killed by the majority regime in the course of these protests this is an act of bravery by wide oh and others really for the freedom of the venezuelan he's going to have that bastard given you

know what you see underground so far today to be free of loyalty but there are still seems to enjoy elements of venezuelan military what do you think the chances of this uprising or well i don't think it's support in the military for the majority regime i think it's fear take it's fear of the twenty to twenty five thousand cuban security forces in the country and i think it's fear the consequences if that hearing to the constitutional mandate of the interim president fails but i think really now what we're seeing is the people of venezuela this is been building for a long time that if this effort fails they will sink into a dictatorship from which there are very few possible alternatives it's a very delicate moment i want to stress again the president wants to see a peaceful transfer of power from the doro to go i don't know that possibility still exists if enough figures depart from the regime and support the opposition

and that's what we'd like to see we want to see defense minister put greeno the chief judge. the supreme court that kill marino in particular rafael hernandez doua of the presidential guard yes you're not happy about here what happens if it was not able to take power today what's the next down well i think it's it's possible the situation could persist i think the people have have shown they're prepared to protect wydow. we don't see any indication. that there's any substantial part of the military that's ready to fire on innocent civilians their fellow countrymen we know that the cuban organize code like t.v. shows these thugs these motorcycle gangs that the cubans have put together are out protecting certain buildings controlled by been doro not the military but the cold like tivo this really demonstrates the depths to which the majority regime is sunk that they're using these cuban directed thugs to conduct their affairs and it's one

reason why i think there's such overwhelming public support for why the it needs to be translated into a transition of power and i never said john bolton is the u.s. national security adviser saying that they keeping a close eye on the situation because he said specifically that the situation in venezuela is not a coup it is one as the legitimate president or at least what the united states and many other countries view as the legitimate president trying to take control he says there is still room for a peaceful transfer of power which is apparently what president trump wants. but that that window is probably closing and all options are on the table as the white house always says the pictures you see now of course live from caracas things have settled down in one sense and that the large protests near the base broken up but still clearly a lot of people out on the streets the sound of gunfire in the streets of caracas as well.

to the u.s. now an asylum seekers there are facing tougher restrictions under new orders from president onil trump on his latest proposal asylum seekers would be charged a fee to process their applications and those who enter the country illegally would be barred from even applying for such permits until their case is heard and they're cleared by immigration officials most mountain fisher in washington. donald trump still wants to build a physical barrier between mexico and the united states but this sure is he's also thinking about the process of immigration it's estimated one hundred three thousand people cross the border last month that's the highest in more than a decade sixty percent of them were from central america and they brought their children so donald trump has told the attorney general and the department of homeland security that things must change and they have ninety days to come up with something that fits the measures that he has a line first of all he wants to make sure that anyone applying for asylum is

charged a fee for doing so he also wants to make sure that anyone applying for asylum will not be allowed to what while they're in the united states and then thirdly he wants to make sure that anyone who applies for asylum will have the keys hared within one hundred eighty days at the moment it can take years for people's asylum cases to be had no this is acting is a disincentive he wants to get the wardo that if you come across the border it's going to cost you money and you won't be able to work legally he thinks those are two things that will discourage people from heading to the border here is the difficulty though there are those that say first of all charging for asylum is not really what asylum is all about it's almost like saying you could only apply for asylum if you can afford it which is not the idea that america was founded on but much more important for donald trump is that there are those or points who are saying that will take these measures to court if implemented by the government and

challenge them there because they believe they may be illegal but this is donald trump sending a very clear message to be that immigration is not an issue that's going to go away any time soon and particularly not in the run up to the twenty eight twenty eight presidential election. all the hard work has begun for more than three thousand prominent afghans discussing peace in their country a rare national assembly called a lawyer will steer the government in its negotiations. the taliban. reports are from kabul. full painted concrete walls holding up the hopes of a nation they call this the loya jirgah taint it's with three thousand afghans a gathering in a ridge national assembly to define what peace looks like in a country that hasn't seen it for a generation we have to back for it because you know we have spent forty one years of war in this country we have lost the family our sons our husbands our sisters our brothers all together and know now this is the this is the chance for us sufi

acidic he is hopeful she was elected head of the committee she says it's a sign that gender equality is improving the government says thirty percent of the delegates are women but this is still a country where women and men have separate entrances as of women at the african whether this is a responsibility just to talk about peace and to believe in that the government has started the diversity of this crowd the young and old from various tribes and religions despite the taliban condemning the gathering organizers say those from taliban held areas are in attendance in the half of afghanistan to how contested by the armed groups even the area controlled by the taliban they can send their representative here he is after she is after representing the people of those areas and they have that there is that advice is in order for peace the delegates have been broken into fifty committees and that's cost about three four questions what

needs to be done to achieve long lasting pace what type of value should be safeguarded in talks with the taliban what kind of personalities should represent the government in these talks and also foreign policy what action should be taken against countries that support the taliban but progress is slow and security is high a wide cordon surrounds living you in a week long public holiday has been to clear to improve security inside the event screen. procedures have slowed the schedule. you know it's quite difficult to start particularly in a country when you help more than and or through a lot and particularly in a more. big fishes out here big fishes that have spent two days jockeying for influential roles within the gatherings of ministration now comes the difficult task can three thousand people come up with a can seem says on how the government should negotiate peace with the taliban

what's their opinion of the ground about it this is not the officers because you know that you're going to. opinion off the people are a people who for decades have not known pace that must now help define it shall it balance al-jazeera. we are looking at sport now with mr paul race thank you very much we're just a few minutes away from kickoff in the champions league semifinals tottenham hotspur playing in their first european cup semi in fifty seven years as they host i.x. in london spurs will be missing korean striker son young men three suspension for this first leg and also the injured harry kane by x. have had an extra four days rest compared to tottenham after the dutch league perspire and much is to help them prepare when you are in this situation so we finalise champions league the big thing to prepare i think the most for early to prepare is to have the same time to prepare for the team but it is not an excuse

only describe the. world cup in for me going to be. the semifinal. as for the four time winners i aks there back in the seventies for the feted a heavyweight world champion antony joshua is about to find out who he'll take on in his next fight after the previous challenger failed a drugs test the favorite candidate is that american andy rue is junior twenty nine year old is heavier than joshua but four inches shorter and he has a big reach disadvantage he replaced general miller who was denied a license for the june first fight at the new york's madison square garden boxing journalist gareth a davis told us that this was all about joshua making an impact in his u.s. debut but the fight fans were likely to be frustrated by yet another low key match up forensically joshua way down the line although remember it's him knocking out some roly poly figure in the first round and putting his stamp on america at the

beginning of the journey but at the moment we're seeing the semifinal what's on it's incredibly frustrating so in a way it doesn't matter if it's general miller and you're always travel brian michael hunter it's just an american named joshua will knock out that's what they want that's the storyline they want but for us out here on this on the sports fans what we want are the undefeated heavyweights facing each other the most successful road cycling team of the past decade has begun a new life team sky is no more there now team we all swear the last year's total fronts champ thomas leading the rebrand at the tour of romandie on tuesday the team won six titles in nine years but even their ideas couldn't stop young truck nick of the bahrain merida team winning the prologue time trial in switzerland thomas came home in fifth place. the denver nuggets have taken game one in the n.b.a.

second round playoff series against the portland trail blazers nickel york it's led them to victory with a stellar performance as david starks reports was no doubt who stole the show in denver on monday night whether it was assists was i three pointed i was you see i was three or just brute force you was seven foot nicolay yaki trekked up thirty seven points and he even had a hand in the play of the day zero because i wasn't she said tommy was all i could just be put on that i was very traditional i was denver ended up winning comfortably taking the game by eight points years i was they go one up in the best of seven series leaving the

trailblazers scratching their heads wondering just how they're going to cope with jock itch what can you do against him defensively. well that's part of researchers more will be watching the video and trying to figure something else. they'll need to figure it out quick game two is on wednesday david stokes al-jazeera. in monday's of the game the seventy six ers beat the raptors to square that series at one each meanwhile the winners of the college women's basketball championship had been at the white house to celebrate their third title with president donald trump the winners of the men's competition have declined an invitation to meet trump for the past three years but not so bale is ladybirds who crowded into the oval office on monday during the visit president trump asked head coach kim mulkey if she'd like to work at the white house to which he replied no and then suggested trump might not look his best in a baylor jersey first of all thank you for inviting us in we would like to

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venezuela's opposition leader says there is no turning back but president maduro insists a coup attempt is being defeated. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching our jazeera live from london also coming up on the program sudan's military wants them and straighter is not to take the law into their own hands the process leader is assaidi army doesn't want to give up power to civilians a new era for japan is emperor and those spans down the first imperial at the cation more than.