zero. will ever exist. venezuela's opposition leader says there's no turning back but president maduro insists a coup attempt is being defeated. barbarous are you watching out as iran life for one but also coming up on the program sudan's military warns demonstrators not to take the law into their own hands the protest leaders say the army does not want to give up power too severely a new era for japan is emperor akihito stands down the first imperial abdication in

more than two hundred bucks plus there's a need. for our politicians to get together a priest to criticize politicians at the funeral of more of the journalists clear on the key goals for unity. thank you for joining us we begin the program in venezuela where the government says a coup attempt by the opposition is being defeated this follows an earlier call by the opposition leader one way though to remove president nicolas maduro thousands of demonstrators have clashed with security forces outside an airbase in caracas armored national guard vehicles ran down protesters while soldiers used fear gas and live ammunition to break up the crowds the violence broke out after an early morning call to action by from the left had a lot to air base in a video shared online he said he had begun the quote. final phase of

a plan to do it all and urge the military to join him why don't was accompanied by a well known opposition figure lippold who had been freed from house arrest he says he was released by members of the army under the orders of white oh a warning some viewers may find images in this report from. the starving. this decided is the moment that the anger and discontent raging throughout venice wait is right to oust president nicolas maduro and his government he posted this video filmed outside like a law to air base in caracas in the early hours of the morning surrounded by troops who have joined his cause. the call is 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 on forces. he was joined by another opposition leader leopoldo

lopez who was released from house arrest hours earlier and later was reported to have sought refuge in the chilean embassy in caracas. defend freedom and with tyranny everywhere on out on to the street. the reports of shooting between pro and anti government security forces then as they marched this. a national guard vehicle driving into protesters. to president nicolas maduro who is facing constant opposition since he took office in two thousand and thirteen called the move a small uprising by traitorous officers backed by the united states he said he counted on the total support of the venezuelan people and the military high command . the cold venezuelan people is for calm for sensitivity there is nothing that will endanger our institutions of democracy in venezuela at this moment. the

world is also divided the united states along with neighboring colombia and brazil has called on the venice walen people the military to support why dog russia has accused the opposition of provoking violence well spain in the united nations among others have called for both sides to exercise restraint 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 sexercise maximum restraint and he appeals to all stakeholders to avoid any violence and take immediate steps to restore calm. because my daughter support has been draining after years of rampant inflation high crime in food and medicine fuel to do this millions of venice wayland's have fled the country it is always defied his critics and held on this however is his biggest challenge so far. how does iraq. or we can

speak. now he joins us from without which is on the colombia venezuela a border so a lot of activity a lot of quite upsetting pictures of course coming out of venezuela today but what is the update right now what is the situation as we understand it in caracas. well barbara we understand that there isn't an easy call throughout the capital venezuela caracas after this long day of clashes of violence in inside the country following the call for an uprising on part of the leader of the opposition go because those clashes seem to have a fierce all out so we also understand that another of the main figures of the opposition the poll the lopez who was under house arrest until. tuesday morning has now asked for refuge. the she lay an embassy in qatar cast

a vote for him and his family which tells us pretty much that whatever the opposition was trying to do on tuesday has largely failed that we don't know where the president of in a sweat and equalise my little is right now but it seems like he remains in power we haven't seen any of the top brass of live in this well and military defector despite the fact that only on tuesday first showed up surrounded by dozens of venezuelans soldiers that decided to switch sides and now the question is what's the next move will be originally whitehall has called for the largest protests ever inside venezuela sports from our wednesday may first we're going to have to see in coming hours if he's going to call again for more protests or what will happen

tonight inside of in this way that we've also heard from a number of patients out of the united states just minutes ago the secretary of state of the united states microphone pale said that the u.s. had information that my daughter was actually ready to leave venezuela for cuba but he was then stopped by russia who supports my daughter telling them to remain in caracas at least for now and the sunday in the past weeks and months when we've spoken you've been at the border often there were situations there where aid was meant to get into venezuela and wasn't allowed to or people were trying to leave venezuela i'm just wondering what is the situation at the border what has it been like today. but most famously that happened on february twenty third that was one of the biggest action that the one way though it tried to push house to my daughter. out of power and that also failed since

my daughter shuts down the bridges like the one that you see behind me this time on believer that's the main entry points to for thousands of venezuelans that come into colombia on a daily basis ensure their tricks of food and medicine basic items that they can't find anymore inside the. we've seen huge police presence on the colombe inside here throughout the day the border was sealed for a number of hours but now as you can see people are actually moving again between the two countries we're seeing a lot of venezuelans going back into venezuela with the things that they bought also good dirt paths of the dirt roads that a lot of and it's ones they're using to cross when they're not like through the bridges or open again and so the situation is a sort of normal again here at the border however there is

a very large police presence and colombian military presence just to make sure nothing happens and we understand this is famous happening on the other side just a few hundred meters behind us and the summit of people with the latest from who could tell him the colombia venezuela border are listening to those thank you. sudanese protesters say the army isn't serious about handing over power to civilians this comes after talks between the military and opposition groups appear to falter over the makeup of a joint ruling body now the army says it wants to chair the council which will lead the country until elections are held one hundred val's reports now from have to. so then stop 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 a transitional military 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 we 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 protest 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 as a stick to it and its influence contained during the transitional period. in a press conference on tuesday so that it's professional association denounced the military saying they have no desire to give up power to civilians here and maybe. the military council is not serious about transferring power to civilians but it's 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 and another unilateral military regime therefore this will not be accepted it is not acceptable but strong statements that scent of

tomatoes happy place the soft and optimistic language of the last few days casting doubts over the prospects of the talks that are now stalled until further notice. i just told well joining us now is now while a member of conduct which is a movement against violence towards women in sudan madam thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera now i understand you have also been protesting on the streets of for a move toward civilian rule in sudan and i understand again that you intend to keep it up tell us why. yes. that you know you know that our negotiations. are to. be. the government that. that is going to you know the two parties are not coming up with any kind of solution so it is seems like an

intensive negotiations. it's always that he's not sure any of the meeting that he mumbled the people so immediately people they will they will come to the streets they will not need me they are sitting in front of their military headquarter and they're not moving you know the specialists which any young people of those who that. they are they want to make a change they want to make the mockery see the word equality two words two quite corruption and these the might have never been met and that is the situation right now they have. it on their lords they want to laws and to put blocks on bridges and roads and they are sitting there waiting.

tell us a little bit about the atmosphere within these demonstrations because of course demonstrations have been going on for months then there was the huge event of our bashir is stepping down which obviously was a success for the protesters now this you know bad luck or stalemate you know in the negotiations but what's the atmosphere like you mentioned young people there a lot of other women like yourself tell tell us more about feels to be part. actually de energy there is just indescribable it is amazing it is overwhelming. really single class and so that young people. old people women from all walks of life that are out there children babies you could not imagine you can find the hole to them is out there they're out there they are there is so much so in solidarity there is so much.

uniqueness in the common goal there the goal of that that they are asking for. you when you go there you don't mean you are like a woman or a man who feel like you want us to denny's you are a human being they're asking for a common goal of a come on. the money you know so it is it is it is overwhelming it is all i cannot describe it and it is like increasing by the day you know. and. a lot about forgive me we're going to have to leave it there now while i was been a part of this administration's and also member of conduct movement against violence towards women in sudan madam thank you so much for sharing your views and experiences with us thank you thank you so much thank you so much. still to come here and al-jazeera the u.s. looks to designate the muslim brotherhood a foreign terror organization just weeks after hosting the egyptian president at

the white house and heavy rain have presented for it's to deliver desperately needed a day to parts of northern mozambique which were flattened by cycling and. my . hello again it's good to have you back well here cross australia we are talking about one weather system across the bight with a front extending into the interior now that fronts going to bring some thunderstorms with it as well over the next few days but we are going to be seeing some messy weather pushing cross much of victoria and new south wales as we go from the middle to the end of the week here's a low pressure that is spinning right there from wednesday to thursday this area of low pressure really doesn't move too much but the front does start to slowly slide over here towards the east a very slow moving system there up towards brisbane things have been quite nice for

you you going to stay out of the weather with a temperature of twenty five degrees well across the north and south island of zealand things are staying nice for you here on wednesday but by the time we get towards thursday things are going to start to get a little bit more cloudy as we go especially down here towards the south for christ church not bad on wednesday at sixteen degrees but they go on thursday a little bit warmer but also a little bit cloudy as well and across japan a rainy day was it was on tuesday but things are going to be a little bit better in terms of the rain still quite cloudy across much of the area tokyo about twenty three degrees few but by the time we get towards thursday a lot more sun of the forecast at twenty and a few one thousand degrees. radicalism is on the rise across the globe and we're told it's everywhere we're told we're supposed to be highly suspicious of everybody and everything but our government

policies aimed at tackling radicalization in fact pushing youngsters to the fringes of society the impact is utopian on me and there's only so much we can take before you say ok that's me rethinking radicalization part of the radicalized youth syrians an al-jazeera. here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the venezuelan government says it is the beating of coup attempt by the opposition an armored national guard vehicle is front down pesters in the capital caracas and soldiers accused here of gas and live

ammunition great. but opposition leader says he has spoken to the traders who have shown their total loyalty he says there is no turning back from his campaign or the . sudanese protesters say the army isn't serious about handing over power to civilians hundreds of thousands of people have blocked streets throughout the capital after the protest organizers called for a day of civil disobedience. the white house says it's considering designating the muslim brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization the move could bring sanctions against the group and companies and individuals who interact with it egypt's president of the reportedly urged the president donald trump to make that there's ignatius egypt banned the muslim brotherhood after the two thousand and thirteen military court. the u.n. refugee agency has criticized u.s. president trump over proposed new restrictions on asylum seekers trump is there

wrecked ing immigration officials to introduce a fee for asylum applications he also wants to ban those who enter the country legally from working until their claims are approved this is the latest effort by the u.s. government to stem a growing number of central american migrants crossing the southern border. history has been made in japan with the first imperial abdication in more than two hundred years in a brief ceremony at the imperial palace and perec heat they'll step down from the throne to make way for his eldest son when he reports from tokyo. after more than thirty years on the throne emperor akihito made his 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 akita 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 we perform trust and respect for the chap in these people for thirty years since my ascension to the tram to the people who accepted and supported me as a symbol i express my art felt thanks so much. 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. with the day of publication along us all with the emperor has thoughtfully shared the happiness and sadness of the people of libya once again the feeling of the prospect and banks among those at the ceremony the oldest son of akihito crown prince know he who on wednesday will become the one hundred twenty sixth emperor of japan 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. aid agencies say that they're struggling to deliver aid to mozambique because of heavy rain which is causing flooding and mudslides at least thirty eight people have been confirmed dead after

last week's canis rhetorical has the latest. tina shoed and her family salvage what they can from their flooded home like thousands of houses in the cool city of pemba it was badly damaged by cycling canning for the some of them before everything inside the house is wet t.v.'s mattresses beds freezers fridges everything that was on the ground weather experts say cyclon can it was the strongest ever recorded in nor the mozambique it was the second storm in six weeks to hit the eastern coast of southern africa mozambique's government says two hundred thousand people are at risk they urgently need shelter and water purification but aid agencies say bad weather is. hampering the efforts to reach survival. this supplies that we're trying to come in couldn't land because of the rains and this is something that's going to be a challenge in this operation for the days ahead because the forecast is that we

will continue to have rains for at least the coming days cycling kenneth rip through maize and beaks northern province of cabbage with wind surges about up to two hundred eighty kilometers an hour in some areas entire villages were flattened in pember roads have been washed away and roofs ripped off houses radical behravesh the cost to rebuild this home who will have to demolish it and start again with a new house. aid agencies say they desperately need money to respond to what they describe as an incredibly difficult situation in mozambique victoria gate and be they are. the catholic church in sri lanka will resume sunday mass this week after a break since the easter attacks the archbishop of colombo cardinal now the rangi spoke earlier of his dissatisfaction with the government's investigation so far he urged it to take the right security measures before people take the law into their own hands be in our hour mark we can see that they are still trying to score

brownie points for themselves and their party at a time when the whole country has been affected by major catastrophe politicians should stop finding fault with each other talk about their past differences they must have brought discussions on what steps need to be taken to solve this and take this country out of this crisis we don't see that happening what we see is that they are continuing in their old ways and of blaming each other. or meanwhile the sri lankan government has lifted a ban on social media which was put in place after those easter sunday bombings platforms were blocked swiftly after the attacks with the government calling it a move to fight against misinformation whatsapp you tube facebook and other social media sites have been mostly inaccessible in sri lanka since the bombings. israel's twenty first knesset has been sworn in three weeks after the country's general election the prime minister benjamin netanyahu won a fifth term in the april nine elections but is yet to put together

a new coalition government his likud party won thirty five of the one hundred twenty seats in the election but with support from smaller right wing parties that are now was able to claim a majority and stay on as prime minister. israel has reduced the fishing zone it permits vessels from gaza to use the military says it will be cut to six nautical miles from fifteen in response to rocket fire from the palestinian territory it accuses islamic jihad of carrying out the attack of the group denies the allegation . the u.k.'s opposition labor party has restated its policy that it will only support a further referendum on breaks it under certain circumstances its national executive committee agreed today to the side the wording of its manifesto for the european elections in may it will only support another public vote if it can't get the changes that it wants for the prime minister's withdrawal agreement or secure a general election. a priest who received

a standing ovation for criticising politicians at a northern ireland funeral is appealing of that for them to unite father martin mcgill made his comments to al-jazeera head of local council elections this week he's received a groundswell of support after asking why it took the funeral of a young journalist killed by dissident republicans for politicians to come together two years after power sharing broke down andrew symonds reports from london their e one priest and a journalist shot dead by our republican dissidents have shaken. political system. mcgill inundated by messages of support from both sides of the divide is calling politicians to account. they're out now campaigning for local elections and they're being given a reminder that bigotry sectarianism and division won't work 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 have felt in the cathedral last week and i should be very create full of people who want them there they are i'm a key was killed during rioting in london derry dissident republicans say they shot her by mistake. in the way a short distance from where she died election campuses to mainstream republicans for machine fame once the political wing of the provisional ira which disbanded 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 moments 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 were no apparent signs of a breakthrough that the. an irish language checked.

wages and language tacked on scotland has a language that we don't have in a sling we take here we don't have equality my split and in a union is dariya there's talk of deep distrust there are people who never seemed to want to accept. that there was a community. here that our brush while there is talk of political unity following larry mckinney's killing there are still very deep social divisions here i don't think a change is going to come gradually common to thunderclap or it will convert all of us the longer we go on sort of this weary steel and dole situation all is going on as a people are consolidated in their particular communities watershed moments have come and gone in three decades of conflict the legacy of near is death will depend on whether there's a last thing momentum for change andrew simmons al-jazeera londonderry.

and now a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the venezuelan government says it is the feet a coup attempt by the opposition an armored national guard vehicle has run down protesters in the capital caracas and soldiers have used tear gas and live ammunition to break up crowds but opposition leader says that he has spoken to military leaders who have shown him their quote total loyalty he says there is no turning back from his campaign to topple nicolas maduro. the call is for everyone to come out into the streets at this moment to give back into what we have built over the years when we're here now in the streets not only with the international community and not only our citizens now with the national armed forces we're backing the citizens of the future and progress. sudanese protesters

say the army isn't serious about handing over powers to civilians hundreds of thousands of people have blocked streets throughout the capital after protest organizers called for a day of civil disobedience this comes after talks between the military and opposition groups appeared to falter over the makeup of a joint ruling body the army says it too wants to chair the council which will lead the country until elections are held. the white house says it's considering designating the muslim brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization the move could bring sanctions against the group and companies and individuals who interact with it egypt's president of the. reportedly urged president trump to make that there's a nation egypt banned the muslim brotherhood after the two thousand and thirteen military coup. the un refugee agency has criticized u.s. president donald trump over proposed new restrictions on asylum seekers president trump is that reckoning immigration officials to introduce

a fee for asylum applications he also wants to ban those went into the country legally working until their claims are approved it's the latest effort by the u.s. government to stem a growing number of central american migrants crossing the southern border. and history has been made in japan with the first imperial abdication in more than two hundred years in a brief ceremony at the imperial palace emperor akihito stepped down from the throne to make way for his eldest son in a short speech during the ceremony. the japanese people for their support and expressed hope for a peaceful future. and remember you can get the latest on all the stories that we've been covering on the web site al jazeera dot com coming up next that radicalized youths we thinking radicalization thanks for watching by. struggling to pay their breath problem is we just live it's a bigger city. of global coverage of the. cost from the earth.

we bring you the stories that. we live. on al-jazeera. ironic that many governments around the world declare that the fight against terrorism is their number one priority. the cia has continued with the attacks have continued we have to wonder why is this the case.

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