this is bbc world news, the headlines... at least one person has been killed in clashes at venezuela's border with brazil. this is bbc world news today. local media says security i'm tanya beckett. forces fired on people who tried to block them. our top stories: president maduro closed that border venezuelan soldiers shoot dead at least one person on the border to prevent aid from coming in. with brazil in a dispute the singer r kelly has been charged overforeign aid. with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. meanwhile, this is the scene live on venezuela's border with colombia the singer has faced as a concert in protest claims of sexual abuse at the maduro against women for decades. government is underway. he denies the allegations. the event is backed botswana is considering lifting by richard branson. a ban on hunting elephants and the introduction the american singer r kelly is charged with ten counts of elephant culling. a report released by cabinet of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. ministers recommends the "establishment of elephant meat and botswana considers canning" for pet food. lifting its ban on elephant hunting more civilians have been to allow limited culling and even evacuated from baghuz — the last village in syria canning of the meat for pet food. in the hands of the islamic state group. it comes as the us says it will leave 200 soldiers hello, and welcome to world news today. at least one person has been killed

and others injured in clashes at venezuela's border with brazil. these are pictures from the brazil border. local media is reporting venezuelan security forces opened fire on a group of people who tried to block them from travelling there. president nicolas maduro closed that border with brazil to prevent foreign aid organised by the opposition from coming in. meanwhile, these are live pictures from the colombian border, where a music concert has been underway for three hours now. it's called venezuela aid live and is backed by the british tycoon richard branson. the bbc‘s orla guerin is there. well as you will be able to hear, the concert is now in full swing. and this location here is highly significant. we'rejust a short distance from a border crossing into venezuela. a bridge that has been blocked by the troops of president nicolas maduro.

today's event here was organised by the british billionaire richard branson. we spoke to him a few hours ago. he said it had all come together injust three weeks. following a phone call he had with the leader of venezuela's opposition juan guaido. juan guaido told him there was an urgent need for humanitarian assistance here. he said it could not wait and the concert was organised in record time. mr branson told us that he felt many people were unaware of the needs inside venezuela. he said babies were dying, that people were suffering from malnutrition and that aid was urgently needed. he also said he'd hoped that the troops, the venezuelan troops nearby, would hear the music and would accept white roses, which he said will be given to them tomorrow. the key issue here, of course, is whether or not the opposition is able to actually bring any aid through into venezuela. president maduro has

said he will make sure that doesn't happen. the issue will be put to the test tomorrow when large numbers of opposition supporters are expected to gather at the bridge very near here and they'll be facing their own troops, venezuelan troops, who have orders not to let them through. you heard orla talking about her interview with mr branson. here's some of that conversation. i talked tojuan guaido, who leads congress in venezuela and is arguably the president of venezuela, and he said that the need is urgent, that they could not wait more than three weeks, they needed to get the supplies across as soon as possible. and i was just very lucky, i had a colombian friend who i went on a challenge with once,

who pushed me off mt etna at 2000 km when i was exhausted and we had time to talk. anyway, he grabbed his family and i suspect there is no concert in history that has been put on in three weeks from scratch. all these south american artist who took part for free, and everybody who has been generous and made this possible. the idea for the concert came from the opposition leader? it was in a discussion with him on the phone. he felt strongly that they needed something like this and we are very much running, doing this concert based on pure humanitarian reasons. we do not want to get involved in the complicated politics. but it looks like it is going to be wonderful, and there are literally hundreds of thousands people pouring in. hopefully, it will start a change of venezuela. we are standing here near where there are venezuelan troops on the other side. their president has told them not to allow any aid through.

what are you hoping is going to happen tomorrow because tomorrow is obviously a very critical day here? i hope the venezuelan troops hear the music. the positive music. and we are hopeful that they will lay down their arms and accept white roses, which they will be handed, and allow supplies across. but if that doesn't work, we will continue with more concerts and we will keep the pressure on until finally humanitarian aid is let into venezuela. and you know there have been criticisms made about this concert, that perhaps it is misguided, perhaps you don't really understand the situation in venezuela. what would you say to your critics? i would ask those critics to talk to venezuelans and if they talk to venezuelans, they will realise that they are out of touch with the reality of venezuela.

venezuelans are suffering, and apart from a very few at the top of venezuela, and something has to be done. richard branson there. the us singer r kelly has been charged with ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse in illinois. the 52—year—old has faced claims of sexual abuse against women for decades. he has never been convicted and denies all allegations. the attorney general of cook county, kim foxx, said the charges related to the alleged abuse of four victims, all under the age of 17. she says the singer is expected to face court tomorrow. aggravated criminal sexual abuse is a class two felony with a sentencing range of a 3—7 years per count. it is also a probation double offence. we anticipate that mr kelly will appear in by court tomorrow afternoon. nada tawfik is live from new york. tell us what it is we have just heard in the proceedings so far. we just had that news conference from

the state attorney kmberly foxx for which you refer to each of the victims by their initials. she said that nine out of the ten charges actually relate to three victims who we re actually relate to three victims who were under age of the time it. and that she basically said what a lot of us had expected, that r kelly will now have to answer to these charges, he is expected to appear in court for the first time tomorrow afternoon. and really this comes just days after michael avenatti, a lawyer, said he showed prosecutors a video where r kelly was engaged in sexual acts with an underage girl. so he appears in court next, that his to happen. this could put extend over months? interesting here come to some of the first time he has been charged in cook county, this is a second time. prosecutors actually

arrested him and charge him with child pornography, 21 counts of child pornography, 21 counts of child pornography, 21 counts of child pornography, in 2012 in a very similar incident where there was a sex similar incident where there was a sex tape involves. and after really a long trial, a dramatic trial, jewellers decided that they could not say beyond a reasonable doubt that he was in fact the man in the video. and so they decided to acquit him of all the charges against him. so there is certainly a lot of celebration by many of the women who have come forward to accuse r kelly over the decades and other advocates who have said that they need to be heard and believed. that he is being charged again after more than two decades of accusations against him. but there is certainly this history here where he has been acquitted in the past and it so by no means is this for certain that r kelly will face jail time but we do ask for this to go to trial because he has denied all the allegations against

him. he's a big star, isn't he? absolutely, he has been in the past called the king of r&b. he was one of the best—selling artists in the united states and has released more than 21 albums. many people remember his i believe i can fly saw which really topped the charts. and that is the basic element here of why so many of his victims that he was able to get away with this for so long, because he would allegedly target many of the women, fans at his concerts over at events that he would go to a different high schools. as an essay for years, women have looked up to him, admired him and that is how he was able to go over the for so long allegedly. thank you very much indeed. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. protests against the ailing president of algeria, who is running for a fifth term in april's elections, have turned violent. security forces in riot gear fired tear gas to block a march

on to the presidential palace in the capital, algiers. the demonstrators responded by throwing stones. sudan's president 0mar al—bashir has dismissed the federal government and says he'll replace it with a government of technocrats. he also sacked all state governors and declared a state of emergency for one year. popular protests calling on him to step down have been taking place since december. the english football club chelsea has been banned from signing players in the next two transfer windows for breaching rules on youth players. fifa strictly regulates the transfer of under—18s to different countries. chelsea says it will appeal. a government panel in botswana has recommended lifting a four—year—old ban on elephant hunting. it would allow regular, but limited culling and the canning of the meat for pet food. botswana is home to thousands of the animals, which are a big draw for tourists from around the world.

the bbc‘s alistair leithead reports from botswana's 0kavango delta. botswana has more elephants than anywhere else. 130,000 of them, a third of the elephants left in africa. but some think it has too many. this is the destruction they can cause when they come into conflict with rural communities. elephants are just moving here around the rooms, just breaking our ploughing fields, killing our cattle, just breaking all the trees. two people have been killed in the village in five years since the big game hunting ban came into force. since the government stopped the hunting, the elephants became more and more and more... i think the government can introduce hunting of the elephants again,

killing them so that maybe they will be reduced. and that is exactly what they are planning to do. the cabinet committee report proposing to lift the hunting ban and to allow the regular limited culling of elephants and the canning of their meat for pet food. high—end tourists provide botswana's second largest foreign income after diamond mining. this lodge charged up to 7000 a night for couple, some conservationist believeh hunting will drive them away. as soon as we stopped the hunting, botswana grew around the world and became the most sought after tourism destination in africa. the tourism arrivals, the revenues paid, they all shot to the roof. my worry is that it this is going to knock the big picture and it will have a negative impact on jobs, occupancies, government revenues, etc, etc. some wilderness areas are not suited to tourists. where regulated hunting can be used

as a conservation tool and in an election year, hunting appeals to rural voters. well, this is the remains of a cow that was killed by predators right on this joint between the conservancy area on the outside of the fence and the community area over here. the real cost of living next door to elephants, which knock down fences. the human—wildlife conflict is big, but so is the tourism money that comes with having some of the elephants. botswana now have to decide if culling and hunting is better or worse for the country's conservation. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come... the latest onjussie smollett‘s spectacularfall from grace. his character in the tv show empire is to be cut from the final two episodes of the season. prince charles has chosen his bride.

the prince proposed three weeks ago and diana spencer exited without hesitation. as resignations kick in with us had its fair share. a climax in the night in the sanctuary, the name itself symbolising one of the cruelest regimes in one nation. the world's first clone hasn't produced ofan world's first clone hasn't produced of an adult sheet. as she called dolly using a cell from another sheet. citizens are trying to come to grips with their new freedom. today there is a joy and relief, the scars are everywhere. not for 20 yea rs have locus scars are everywhere. not for 20 years have locus been seen in such numbers in this part of africa. some of these forms have been at ten miles long. the last on the public will see this pope, very soon for the sake of credibility in the authority of the neck spoke to my benedict xvi will in his own words to be hidden from the world. for the rest of his life. this is bbc world news today.

the latest headlines: at least one person has been killed and others injured in clashes at venezuela's border with brazil. president maduro closed that border to prevent foreign aid from coming in. the singer r kelly has been charged with ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. the singer has faced claims of sexual abuse against women for decades. the character jamal played byjussie smollett in the hip—hop drama series empire will be cut from the final two episodes of the season. 20th century fox announced the decision a day after smollett was charged with filing a false police report claiming he'd been the victim of a racist and homophobic attack. judy kurtz is a columnist for the hill, and she outlined these latest developments. this whole story seems like it is had more plot twists than an episode of empire. just 48 hours ago, fox,

the studio that makes empire, said that it was offering a statement of support for smollett, then after his arrest and that remarkable press conference by chicago police yesterday, they are now saying that he is nixed from the last two episodes of the current season. so tell us a bit about empire, if you would, and his character and how central he is. 0h, he is certainly a critical figure in the show. he was part of the pilot episode of the show, which premiered to mega ratings for the fox network. here in the states. so he is a big figure. he is not some side character. it'll be interesting to see how they manage to manipulate the plot to explain his sudden disappearance. and of course part of this is the political angle, too. what he claimed to have happened to him and the political ramifications of that. that's right.

this has become a political issue because smollett allegedly claimed to police that his attackers had cried out pro—trump campaign slogans, saying this is maga country, make america great again country. so president trump initially when the attack was first reported said it was horrible and several 2020 presidential candidates weighed in shortly after the attack on the same day. senators cory booker, democrat from newjersey, and kamala harris, from california, both called it a modern—day lynching. before the facts started to materialise and people started to question smollett‘s account and now they are backtracking for some, harris just issued a statement yesterday saying that she was disappointed and saddened by the developments. the german auto giants bmw and daimler have announced they will invest one billion euros in a joint—venture that includes ride—hailing and car—sharing services. it's a sign the two companies

are gearing up to compete with the likes of uber and google. here's daimler‘s chief executive on the plans. we wa nt we want to build a unique company which offers a basically all the mobility services which are around in this amount of time. this starts with a car of course. it continues with a car of course. it continues with charging, with parking and then it goes to the community on demand from right hailing to sharing. so that is the boss. pete bigelow is a reporter for automotive news. he told me why daimler and bmw think the deal could be valuable. i think what it is telling us is they believe there is more value in combining all these different things like right hailing, car sharing, charging into one more powerful service in which the sum is worth more than all these different parts ala more than all these different parts a la carte. so it isa more than all these different parts a la carte. so it is a wraparound

service that they think drivers will wa nt to service that they think drivers will want to be able to access cars and where they can park them in all these other services at the same time, probably through one technology platform? absently. i think that is exactly right. your perspective consumer in this realm may not want to do right hailing all the time or may not want to do car sharing all the time but here you get multiple alternatives all wrapped together nicely under one brand andl wrapped together nicely under one brand and i think the big bet is that this is a more powerful lure than anyone by themselves. the trouble is that uber is already in pa rt trouble is that uber is already in part of that market, not really an outsider but will establish at this stage. well, uber is but so is my taxi, a dime alert brand, and important to know that none of these are profitable yet. they are bringing in revenue is still losing hundreds of millions every quarter. the real advantage for auto—makers

right now is that they have enough capital to play the long game. they wa nt capital to play the long game. they want to get in now, establish a scale for their business and perhaps that they can wait out companies like uberor that they can wait out companies like uber or lyft who do not have additional business to fall back on until profits arrive at. quite interesting where we can imagine here whereby the likes of bmw and dime alert him a pretty competitors, combine forces. yeah, it really is and we see more of that throughout the auto industry. back to last week with ford and volkswagen announcing a collaboration. look at honda putting money, $2 billion, into general motors automation subsidiary. i think we are seeing right now is that there is a long time before there is going to be prophets in this mobility sector thatis prophets in this mobility sector that is emerging, so right now, we all want to hedge their bets and make sure they have a seat at the table and spread the costs around until we get to a point of profitability. so it would not be

able fair statement to say it is a response to pressure on european car sales ? response to pressure on european car sales? not necessarily but i do think they see a future and which may be those sales are permanently dented in cities that are no longer as welcoming to personally owned vehicles as perhaps they once have been forced is a new revenue line to establish if those sales are lost. i think it is much more of a long—term laying the groundwork than a short—term response to sales. laying the groundwork than a short-term response to sales. pete bigelow they are in thatjoint venture between bmw and daimler. now all the support.

political tension between india and pakistanis continuing to affect sporting relations. on friday, the indian cricket board asked the sport's governing body to ban any country from, in it's words, where ‘terrorism eminates.‘ it comes after a terrorist attack last week in kashmir, which india blames on pakistan militants. some headlines in the indian media suggest the country might forfeit their world cup group game against pakistan in manchester on june the 16th. patrick gearey reports. this is the aftermath of a terrorist attack in kashmir which killed members of the indian security force. a pakistani militant group is taking responsibility. it has rocketed tensions between the two nations, new to me on the cricket field and they woke up onjune the 16th, a match now and send out after strong words from the indian cricket authority to those running the world game. we are told in the security of players is a priority and taking ca re of players is a priority and taking care of a number two, that telling the cricketing community that they must avoid nations with which such terror emanates. severing ties with

pakistan is a move that may prove too strong for most in world cricket but then india versus pakistan is a fish so that it only ever happens on neutral soil and major events. it is rare as it is raw. a lot of the commercial clamourfor rare as it is raw. a lot of the commercial clamour for sporting theatre, a deep political and mimetic issue. whenever india plays pakistan, it is neverjust about the game, it is also about the sentiment, the emotion. it is the most watched game, sometimes of a tournament. right now, india has made the statement that they have put the ball in the of the icc and it is for them to decide what they should do. the tournament is getting ever closer. 100 days to go into the world cup. that video was released back on tuesday and will half a million applications for 25,000 tickets to the game at old trafford. seeing in more than the final. no wonder the early this week the british authorities were keen to reassure the world. the safety of

players in the safety of their fans is paramount. they will be taken all the right precautions but a buddy andi the right precautions but a buddy and i have people tuning in to watch the cricket world cup will make sure it is safe, successful and above all asa it is safe, successful and above all as a sportsman, it inspires movie people to buy back and get involved in sport. we'll be here before, centred on the cricket world cup will make sure it is safe, successful and above all as a sportsman, it inspires more people to buy back and get involved in sport. we'll be here before, same tournament, same ground, same 99 world cup in manchester while the two nations were fighting in kashmir. the disputed border between these two nations continues to mirror the blurred boundary between sport and politics. chelsea have been banned from signing players by fifa in the next two transfer windows for breaching rules in relation to youth players. the ban, until the end ofjanuary 2020, doesn't prevent the release of players and won't apply to their women's and futsal teams. it comes following an investigation into chelsea's signing of foreign under—18 players, including former striker bertrand traore.

fifa says it found breaches in 29 cases out of 92 investigated. there are two premier league matches this evening. relegation—threatened fulham have surrendered an early lead to trail west ham in their london derby. fellow strugglers cardiff city are trailing watford 4—0, gerard deulofeu has scored a hat—trick in that one, with around ten minutes to go in both of those games. that's all the sport for now. thank you. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of my team on twitter. i'm abbcta nyabeckett. i'm @bbcta nyabeckett. thank you forjoining us, this is bbc world news.

hello there. for most of us, today developed into another unusually warm late winter's day. we got 18 degrees again, this time in west wales in the sunshine. if you were underneath that low cloud, misty weather along the south coast of england, it was nearer 8 degrees. that misty, murky weather is moving its way northward and inland at the same time. the low cloud that's been in from the north sea is pushing towards the east coast. it will be the midlands and eastern parts of england that are rather grey, misty and murky overnight tonight. clearer skies for scotland and northern ireland. lowest temps, which are likely to be in wales and the northwest scotland coming down to about three celsius. let's head into the weekend then. in the morning, this grey start that we've got, not so much for london and the southeast, but more

towards the home counties, 0xfordshire to the midlands, lincolnshire and into parts of yorkshire. some mist and low cloud and some patchy fog, too. again it will tend to lift and break up, but by the afternoon we have sunshine widely. ahead of a band of cloud which is going to bring a little rain and drizzle across northern ireland replaced by sunshine that will edge its way into scotland, eventually later on towards the westernmost parts of england and wales. not much at all, and the sunshine in the afternoon will be boosting temperatures again to around 15 or 16 degrees. that rain and that cloud will fade away overnight. and we will find the temperatures dipping very quickly in northeast scotland underneath the clear skies and with colder air coming in. and we may have a touch of frost coming in as well. again, some patchy mist and fog a bit further north actually where the winds are lighter by the stage. again lifting and breaking sunshine. although still a bit more for northern ireland and western scotland. those temperatures again around 13—15 degrees on sunday. we've got a familiar weather

pattern at the moment. weather fronts trying to come into the northwest of the uk, blocked off by this large area of high pressure and that high pressure is quite cold and we're likely to find a greater risk of frost around early on monday morning with the temperatures down to around —2 or —3. away from northern parts where we start cloudy, a bit of light rain and drizzle with the front will getting swept away northwards. developing more widely on monday and then a lovely day to come with temperatures again 15 or 16 degrees. the fine weather set to continue for a while longer.