hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. thousands of people have taken to the streets of venezuela as part of two rival demonstrations. at his rally, president nicolas maduro thanked the army for staying loyal — saying they had defeated an opposition coup attempt. meanwhile, police clashed with supporters of opposition leader juan guaido at the other rally in caracas. electricity is gradually being restored across the country after the longest blackout in a decade. will grant reports from caracas. it is venezuela's longest power cut in living memory.

whole swathes of the country, including large parts of caracas, remain in darkness more than 48 hours after the lights first went out. millions of families have been struggling without electricity, already coping with little to cook, now with nothing to cook it on. for those with serious health conditions like this woman, will their lives are at risk. "without electricity, i can't use my respirator," she explained. she's growing desperate for the power to come back. in fact, power is at the heart of the venezuelan conflict. opponents of president maduro want to see him out of it very soon and say the blackout is a result of incompetence and corruption by his government. his supporters say it was sabotage, part of a coup attempt being carried out by the opposition leaderjuan guaido at the behest of washington.

either way, both sides are taking their grievances to the streets. these people are already furious at president maduro for a whole host of reasons, from hyperinflation through to the lack of products on the supermarket shelves. and now they have the blackout, still affecting much of the country, at the forefront of their minds. the feeling in venezuela is of a country in free fall. hunger, anger, frustration, with no electricity or many basic services, the tension is in danger of boiling over once again. will grant, bbc news, caracas. let's round—up some of the day's other news. more civilians have emerged from baghouz, the last village still held by the islamic state group in syria. at least four trucks carrying people left the village on saturday. the syrian democratic forces are poised to resume theirfinal push on the area.

the british government is facing mounting criticism for revoking the citizenship of a british teenager, after it emerged her baby had died in a detention camp in syria. the decision was taken after shamima begum, who left london to join the islamic state group when she was 15, said she wanted to return to britain. the opposition labour party has called the decision "callous and inhumane". votes are being counted across large parts of nigeria where people have been electing governors and state assemblies. there have been many reports of vote buying and isolated cases of violence. a coalition of local election monitors has complained of an intimidating military presence in some areas. results are expected to start coming in on sunday. almost 90 passengers have been injured after a ferry hit what appears to have been a whale in the sea ofjapan. there were 125 on board at the time — and at least five people are said to be in a serious condition. the ferry sailed to its destination after the collision.

the mexican navy says it's seized six tons of illegal drugs in operations off the northwest coast. officers spotted two suspicious boats during a routine air patrol — they were discovered in a mangrove — and were camouflaged with vegetation. officials say the haul included marijuana, methamphetamines, and heroin. us singer r kelly has been released from prison after paying more than $160,000 in overdue child support. the singer has previously spent three nights in jail after being charged in four sex abuse cases. allegations the singer denies. and you can keep up to date all with the latest news, business, and sport on our website. there's reaction and analysis from around the uk and around the world — including up—dated live pages — reports from bbc correspondents based in more than 80 locations around the globe. just head to bbc.com/news —

or download the bbc news app. tributes are being paid to two mountaineers, briton tom ballard and italian daniele nardi, after their bodies were found on the notorious nunga parbut — one of the world's highest mountains. contact was lost with the pair in pakistan almost two weeks ago. mr ballard is the son of the accomplished british mountaineer alison hargreaves, who also died in the himalayas in 1995. sarah campbell reports. for me, it's very, very natural to be in the mountains. i mean, they're my life. i don't really see myself anywhere else. tom ballard was among the world's best and most fearless climbers. tom wants to try some wall hangings. wow! great, man. here he is, passing time in the himalayas as he waited for a weather window

to start his ascent. alongside him, daniele nardi. they chose a treacherous route up a peak dubbed ‘killer mountain'. a search was launched after contact was lost. yeah, this is the spot. rescue was always going to be difficult as this is an area prone to huge avalanches. almost two weeks after they went missing, their bodies were spotted. daniele was a2. tom was just 30 years old. he respected mountains and he felt that a mountain would allow you to climb it, or not, and you had to read it. now, tragically, sadly, in this case, i'm not saying he read it wrong, but mountains are unforgiving things, and he knew that. he knew the deal and he knew that he was always going to be at risk. yeah, take that with us. tom, as a youngster, looking for a reassuring cuddle from his mum, alison hargreaves. in 1995, she became the first woman to climb everest

without oxygen or assistance. when we go climbing, we obviously minimise the risks, and if we thought it was that risky, we wouldn't go climbing. anybody who went off thinking that, you know, there was a very high chance they wouldn't come back, i think it's a very unfairthing to do, especially with a young family. that same year, she died while descending from the summit of k2, the world's second highest peak. 2a years later, fellow mountaineers and friends are mourning the loss of her son. he wouldn't have remembered his mum that well. he was five when she died, but he was aware of what a great lady she was and a great climber she was herself. i have to say, i'm not that religious, but if i was, i'd like to think tom has gone to meet his mum anyway, let's say. this is just so sad. it's just repeating. he was just a fine young man, really, tom. daniele nardi also knew the risks. his family released a written

statement today, which included a message he'd left for his son should he not return. "don't stop," he told him. "don't give up." climbing was all tom ever wanted to do. he died doing what he loved. sarah campbell, bbc news. a man has been remanded in custody by magistrates in east london, charged with murdering the teenager jodie chesney last week. the 17—year—old was stabbed in the back while listening to music with friends in a park in romford. manuel petrovitch, who's 20, will appear at the old bailey on monday. a second suspect remains in custody. the supermarket chain asda has said it will remove all single kitchen knives from sale because of concern over the use of knives in violent attacks. the company says it has a responsibility to try to help in the work to bring violent crime under control. the clock. in the dirt of the clock.

now on bbc news: a special edition of global questions from jerusalem — hosted by zeinab badawi. hello and welcome tojerusalem for this edition of global questions. jerusalem is at the heart of the conflict in the middle east and the competing claims for the land that makes up israel and the occupied territorians. these plans have come and gone, but none have succeeded. but now washington says it can break the deadlock and is launching what it calls the deal of the century. can it deliver peace for the israelis and palestinians or will it be dead on arrival? well, i am well, iam now well, i am now in the warmth of the international ymca, an iconic

landmark in westjerusalem. and, in fa ct, landmark in westjerusalem. and, in fact, it was designed by the same architect behind the empire state building in new york. and through its activities it brings together israelis and palestinians so they can get to know one another better. and some of them are here in our audience and they, along with palestinians living in the occupied west ba n k palestinians living in the occupied west bank and gaza, will be putting their questions to our panel. let me tell you who is now panel. a member of the israeli parliament and his minister of education in benjamin netanyahu's minister of education in benjamin neta nyahu's govern. minister of education in benjamin netanyahu's govern. he has been a critic advocating a tougher stand on the palestinians. a palestinian canadian lawyer who has been an advisor to the palestinian leadership and thus being involved in negotiations with the israelis. we arejoined by in negotiations with the israelis. we are joined by a in negotiations with the israelis. we arejoined by a man in negotiations with the israelis. we are joined by a man who until 2017 was a jeopardy prime minister injordan and 2017 was a jeopardy prime minister in jordan and served 2017 was a jeopardy prime minister injordan and served in other cabinet positions, including foreign

minister. he was also