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welcome back. the latest headlines. hello. this is bbc world news, the at least two people have been shot latest headlines. at least two dead in venezuela as opponents people have been shot dead in of president maduro try to get trucks loaded with aid this is bbc world news today, into the country. mr maduro has broken off diplomatic relations with colombia venezuela as opponents to present i'm duncan golestani. maduro try to get aid into the for helping his opponents. a court in chicago sets country. he has broken diplomatic our top stories: a million dollar bail bond for the singer, relations with come —— michael lumb at least two people have been r kelly, who's been charged with ten before helping his opponents. at shot dead in venezuela as opponents counts of aggravated of president maduro try to get criminal sexual abuse. chicago college has set a $1 million trucks loaded with aid into the country. bail bond for our kelly who has been officials in india say around charged with ten counts of a court in chicago sets $1 million 100 people have died after drinking bootleg alcohol. bail bond for the singer r kelly aggravated criminal sexual abuse. he more than 200 others handed himself into police on who's been charged with ten counts are being treated in hospital. it happened at a tea plantation friday. votes are being counted in of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. in assam's golagaat district about 300 nigeria after presidential and parliamentary elections. in some kilometres from the state's areas the authorities extend a you know, right now he is presumed biggest city guwahati. pulling past the official closing it follows a similar time. the incident in northern innocent. we haven't seen anything, india earlier this month. as shaun hassett reports, any reason to believe that these officials have already started allegations are credible. an inquiry into the tragedy. votes are being counted in nigeria after millions of people most of the victims in this hospital cast their ballots in the biggest election in african history. are tea plantation workers. and wales take a big step towards a grand slam in rugby they'd been celebrating union's six nations championship payday by having a drink. but the bootleg liquor they consumed by beating england in cardiff. turned out to be toxic.
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they came to hospital complaining of severe vomiting, extreme chest pain and breathlessness. in many cases, it resulted hello and welcome in organ failure. to world news today. translation: they bought bootleg liquor. at least two people have been killed i said don't drink it but they drank, and after drinking and more than 20 injured they didn't have their dinner close to venezuela's and they slept. border with brazil. they were shot during protests over in the morning, they said the government's refusal to allow they had a headache. we took them to the hospital. humanitarian aid into the country. then we heard that they died in the hospital. clashes also erupted on the border with colombia police say they found a home as supporters of the opposition where the alcohol was brewed and recovered 1.5 litres of liquor. leaderjuan guaido one man has already been arrested try to get aid into venezuela. for selling the illegal coach while two excise officials have been troops fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protestors who pelted suspended for failing to take them with rocks. president maduro, who held his own rally for thousands adequate precautions. of his supports in caracas, has broken diplomatic relations translation: action is being taken with colombia, saying it's helping against whoever is involved efforts to get aid into the country. on the business of duplicate liquor. from caracas, katie watson the excise department has sent this report. started their operation. the police are helping them. it comes less than two weeks the stand—off began at dawn. after tainted alcohol killed dozens
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of people in another two states. with nicolas maduro shutting in those incidents, people continued to report to hospital the border and the military under with similar symptoms for days. strict instructions to block drinking bootleg liquor is common the aid, clashes broke out in india, especially among low—paid workers. with demonstrators wanting there are very high taxes the border to stay open. on international alcohol. it is beyond the reach of a lot of people. opposition leaderjuan guaido made and even domestically brewed alcohol efforts to get the aid across. is very expensive so that is really translation: this peaceful action is to save lives right now and it's where bootleggers come in. clear that affects people the length while the authorities investigate what caused this tragedy, and breadth of venezuela. the people here are left with the lives of hundreds to mourn their dead. of thousands of venezuelans at risk, hugh has all the sport. he denied the food and medicines were a front for us aggression. today has been described we'll we' ll start we'll start with the english premier as d—day in venezuela, league where tottenham hotspur and a day when the loyalty of the armed forces will be tested. manager mauricio pochettino could face disciplinary action after this was the moment a handful of soldiers broke ranks on the border but, until now, angrily confronting the referee nicolas maduro has had the loyalty after his side's defeat. he was of his senior officers. across the country, people came out onto the streets chanting involved, as you can see, in a
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long live venezuela, some dressed in the colours heated conversation with the of their country's flag, referee. after clearly being others in white, a symbol of peace. frustrated by the awarding of a corner that led to bernie's opening for many, this will go down as a day in history. goal that came from chris wood. translation: we need the aid because it's really important. pochettino seemed to have stopped talking before returning for more thousands of venezuela ns angry words. pochettino admitted he need it, and that is why so many of us are leaving. made a mistake with his reaction but president maduro maintains the aid wasn't keen to elaborate on exactly is a us—orchestrated show, what he said. now that we are all an excuse to get involved in venezuela, but people here say what matters is getting relaxed it is difficult to explain. the humanitarian aid in, and this but i think what happened on the crowd is walking to the military pitch happened on the pitch, we barracks, pleading with officers to get on their side. cannot blame no one, we need to blame our self, i am the first, i not far away, maduro supporters need to play myself when the defeat were out in force, a sea of red, the colours of the socialist party. happens. it is always the coach or hands off venezuela, they say. manager who is first responsible. and of course i am not a person that you don't get much support for aid here. likes to complain too much for translation: if they want to help, lift the sanctions against our country and accounts. different reasons, because i knew before the game i it would be they don't allow us to operate
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difficult. all the emotion and the internationally, make payments disappointment i think maybe i and buy food and drugs. crossed a little bit the line. if they want to help venezuela, lift the sanctions. the opposition was hoping that today would change meanwhile newcastle beat huddersfield 2—0 to move two points the course of venezuela, clear of the relegation zone. rafa but with scenes like this, the coming days will not be easy. benitez for the mac side have picked katie watson, bbc news, caracas. up benitez for the mac side have picked a chicago court has set up points. a $1 million bail bond for r & b singer r kelly who's let's penalty salvaged a point for been charged with ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. wolves. at bournemouth, it finished the singer handed himself 1-1. to police on friday. wolves. at bournemouth, it finished 1—1. josh king put the side ahead. he's also been asked to surrender his passport. also with a spot kick, crystal r kelly has faced decades of claims of sexual abuse palace lost 4—1 at leicester. against women and teenagers below the age of consent. bayern munich are level on points at he has never been convicted and has the top of the german bundesliga previously denied other allegations. after a second—half goal from their the singer's lawyer steve greenberg says they're happy defender martinez. it was enough to with the bail amount, give them a 1—0 win. they now look calling it fair and reasonable. they expect mr kelly to post bond today or over the weekend. to see how dortmund react when they here's his lawyer speaking earlier. play clever clues and on sunday.
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right now he is presumed innocent. elsewhere, . .. we haven't seen anything, any reason to believe that these allegations are credible. i heard about them, i heard about the narrative of them for the first time today, the same time all of you did. and i can tell lionel messi scored the 50th hat—trick of his extraordinary you that in listening to it, there career as barcelona twice came from certainly are problems with their behind to beat seville 11—2 and open cases. one lady coming forward a up behind to beat seville 11—2 and open upa ten behind to beat seville 11—2 and open up a ten point lead at the top of la decade plus later claiming she had liga. the first of his three today nonconsensual sex. our correspondent aleem maqbool was a stunning volley which put barcelona level. even though they is on the line from chicago. went behind again, he scored two more before luis suarez capped off tell us more about the detail in the win. and even that was thanks to these charges that r kelly is an assist by lionel messi. facing. yes, as was indicated there wales remain on course for a grand by the lawyer, this court hearing slam after beating england 21—13 in today was notjust by the lawyer, this court hearing today was not just to set the terms ofr cardiff. both sides went into the today was not just to set the terms of r kelly's bond, it was too, for
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match unbeaten in the tournament. the first time, hear details of england had the edge at the break these ten counts against r kelly relating to four different women, and we heard one case where, which but... earlier in paris, france relates to a video in which r kelly ended their losing run with a 27—10 purportedly is shown having sex with bonus victory over scotland. the a 14—year—old girl. there were details about another case relating hosts have lost ten of their to another woman who was a girl at previous matches but showed glimpses of their old flair to get their the time, she was allegedly abused first win of this years six nations. byr the time, she was allegedly abused by r kelly. and she met him as she was celebrating her 16th birthday. the details have been given and suggest that r kelly knew that. another one of these victims apparently, r kelly met her and she asked for his autograph as he left that is all the support for now. the trial on child pornography cases. in rest at the bbc sport website. the final case relates to a woman, r and now for our history programme, witness. kelly's hairdresser, who apparently, today we are going back to the 1960s, when millions
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according to her, was forced to, were exposed to toxic chemicals sprayed by us forces during the vietnam war. well, at least he tried to force her to perform oral sex and when she witness history spoke to a doctor who saw the terrible impact didn't do that, he apparently spat of the chemicals on generations of vietnamese people. on her. in details that were very and a warning — you may find parts explicit and as —— were disturbing, of this report upsetting. as thejob explicit and as —— were disturbing, decades ago, american forces sprayed as the job described —— the judge described, he apparently checkmated on her as well. in the courthouse huge amounts of agent orange over we re on her as well. in the courthouse were relatives of some of the vietnam. it was meant to strip trees victims who had to sit through and listen to this. thank you very much. there exposing enemy positions but it also contained dioxin, one of the votes are being counted in nigeria, most poisonous substances ever where millions of people have cast their ballots in delayed presidential and parliamentary elections. officials say logistical problems created. in 1965, i was that forced a week's most poisonous substances ever created. in 1965, iwas a most poisonous substances ever created. in 1965, i was a young medical student in saigon city. i the president, muhammadu buhari, is being challenged by the main opposition leader, atiku abubakar. liked very much to be an there have been reports of sporadic violence in some obstetrician and gynaecologist so i parts of the country. our africa editor fergal keane took care of women and newborn reports from the capital abuja. many had been waiting since well before dawn,
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voting in the open air, babies. i saw in the hospital an each individual part of the biggest democratic increase in birth defects. it was exercise in african history. do you think it will horrible for me. very horrible for change things here? hopefully. hopefully it will. me. very horrible for me to see two but you're not sure? i'm sure it will. with the number of people that are here, i'm sure, or three times a week deformed and in every other voting centre. i'm just... babies or deformed children. i cry, gone are the days when people felt that our votes don't count. cry with the mothers of the baby. this time around, the people all came out en masse to ensure that they exercise and i cannot eat for many days. the their civic right. and we believe the votes are not leaving here. figures are startling. in this one we are going to stay until the vote is counted. you can't be but heartened hospital, 158 babies were born dead to see people's patience and their faith still last year, statistically that is in the democratic process here. three times what doctors here should but the big question be —— believe should be the average. is whoever they elect, will they bring to an end the corruption that has ididn't be —— believe should be the average. i didn't know the cause at that disfigured public life here? time. but later in 1976, i read when several voting machines broke down, and some assumed corruption was the cause. about the toxic chemicals used in
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and you are telling me this is not corruption! vietnam during the war time. agent there were 73 million orange is blamed, named for the eligible voters. orange is blamed, named for the orange bands around the drums, a 120,000 polling stations. defoliant containing deadly dioxin. and in some places the result then was a dead there was violence. landscape, the result to date based this was a polling station in lagos. on research at the saigon hospital and in america is human tragedy. allegedly, it was attacked by ruling party supporters. minute traces of toxic chemicals are being found in the uterus of far to the north, displaced people pregnant women even now years after came out to vote despite an attack spraying stop. we carried out many on their city by islamic extremists. there are nearly 2 million displaced studies. 4.8 million people in people in this region. vietnam were exposed to the toxic the election isn't just about machine politics chemicals. dioxin can get into the and the power of two big parties. these are young civil society human body through the respiratory activists recording reports of incidents around the country. they are working to create a genuine tract, or food —— culture of accountability. human body through the respiratory tract, orfood —— through human body through the respiratory tract, or food —— through the food people are hopeful that with every chain. incidence of birth defects
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effort that is made, the process will improve, and miscarriages and fatal death in and if it improves for younger people, of course it means utero and cancer were more than four that the country improves and their hope and expectations of a better future will come. times higher among the exposed by evening, the sorting of votes. people. and the american veterans the official counts are also victims of this spraying. each unused ballot. the voters call back. ..seven... they want an honest result. but dioxin, it can change the dna so nobody can say they that it can be transmitted into many don't deserve it. generations later. we have already here in the uk, three senior members the fourth generation is now of the government have said they'll vote to delay brexit if an agreement on a withdrawal deal from the eu affected. but we can detect very cannot be made in parliament in the coming days. they want to avoid a no—deal exit that could happen without an agreement. early their birth defects and but in doing so, the three ministers would defy prime minister theresa may. cancers. i hope that in the future, our political correspondent and ten more years, we can have a alex forsyth reports. they are part of theresa may's team,
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meant to be her closest colleagues, very small incident of birth but today three cabinet ministers went against the government line defects, like in the other and warned brexit might have to be delayed if there is no deal. countries. that has been bbc world greg clark, amber rudd and david gauke wrote in the daily mail... news today. thank you for your company. back again very soon. it's infuriated brexiteers. goodbye. one suggested they should quit, claiming it was a plot to force them to back the deal, rather than delay brexit. if ministers or cabinet ministers cannot support publicly government hello, there. after a chilly, misty policy and vote with it, then they have to resign, fog is start, much of the east of and government policy is very clear. the countries of the best of the the prime minister has said on over sunshine where it became very mad 100 occasions that we are leaving indeed. further west, a more disappointing start to the week with the european union on the 29th a weather front which brought more of march, with or without a deal. cloud and patchy rain moving but most mps don't want to leave without a deal. eastwards. this weather front has this week, they'll vote on a plan pretty much fizzled out now, leaving to give parliament the chance to delay brexit if there is no agreement, and some ministers a legacy of broken cloud across have said they could resign to back that move. central and northern areas tonight. further east under clear skies it
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downing street says the prime minister is working hard will turn chili, temperatures to try and get the eu to change dipping below freezing in 12 spots the current brexit deal so she can bring it back to parliament, in the hope of getting mps with mist and fog reforming. parts to support it. of scotla nd but it's not clear with mist and fog reforming. parts of scotland could be quite chilly when that will happen. and some of the glen. that is how it in the meantime, these three cabinet is looking through tonight. tomorrow ministers have publicly added morning, we are starting off on a to the pressure she is already under chilly night. again, fine and dry for most because high pressure still from so many of her backbench mps. in the driving seat and keeping we've had a democratic vote. i understand the chaos these weather fans out at bay. winds it's caused... one of them, who left will be light, hence the mist and the tory party this week, was out campaigning for another fog issues in the morning. perhaps slow in one or two places and if brexit vote, still critical. that happens, it could stay grey and chilly for some but for most, once we lose the mist and fog, it should it just says the complete chaos bea that is now existing we lose the mist and fog, it should be a glorious day again with plenty of sunshine around and very mild, at the top of government that you have three cabinet too, and a better day further west ministers who go out into the press as well, we won't have that weather because they can't win the argument front so some sunshine here. top in a deeply divided cabinet, and i'm afraid to say a prime minister who isjust not listening. temperatures, 14 to 16 celsius, it but here there was a very could be a degree or so lower than different message from what we had this afternoon. into the grassroots tories today. theresa may addressed their national convention, where members voted not start of next week, high pressure to delay or thwart brexit. still in the driving seat but we for the prime minister,
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will start to see this weather front pushing into the far north—west of protestations on every corner. the country so that will bring more cloud at times in the north—west of stay with us on bbc world news. scotland, a little bit of rain, too, still to come: but elsewhere, chilly start today with early mist and fog which will we've got the latest sport with the tend to burn away and allow by we've got the latest sport with the rugby as well, taking a big step widespread sunshine into the afternoon. this very mild spell set towards a grand slam, by beating to continue. warm on monday, looking at highs once again into the upper teens celsius. as we head deeper on england. into next week, it looks like our big area of high pressure begins to break down and allows weather systems to push in of the atlantic and will have a slightly cooler westerly wind. looks like things are to turn more unsettled as we push on into the end of the week. very mild to start with plenty of sunshine, we see those temperatures falling little closer to the seasonal norm with a little rain in places.
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