this is bbc news, the headlines at eight. violence erupts on the streets of venezuela after opposition leaderjuan guaido has military support to oust nicolas maduro. is usurpation of power began today. we have the people of venezuela and the armed forces are clearly on our side and on the side of the constitution. thousands of haemophiliacs contracted hiv and hepatitis c after giving contaminated blood in the 1970s and 80s, more than 2000 people are thought to have died.” 80s, more than 2000 people are thought to have died. i was told i had only a year to live, i was told not to tell anybody. including my

family. and my parents. a new police investigation launched into the deaths of hundreds of patients at the memorial hospital. labour governing body supports a second brexit referendum but only if other options fail. and japan's hamper gives up his throne in a formal ceremony, the first emperor to do so in over two centuries. hello, there have been dramatic scenes and clashes on the streets of the venezuelan capital. at the opposition leader urges people to topple president nicolas maduro. juan guaido who declared himself interim president back injanuary

announced that he started the final phase of his plan to unseat the president. while there have been thousands of people taking to the streets, protesters supporting both sides have gathered at different points in the capital. running clashes between juan points in the capital. running clashes betweenjuan guaido supporters and armed military vehicles. protesters have also been seen throwing rocks but they were repelled by tear gas and water cannons. the national guard ran into people who were throwing stones and hitting vehicles of bricks. while these are the pictures taken just before that incident happened, one of these vans appears to deliberately drive into the cloud, some of the people are seen being thrown to the ground. president nicolas maduro said he spoke into military leaders and had the total loyalty a nd military leaders and had the total loyalty and they called for nerves of steel. but juan loyalty and they called for nerves of steel. butjuan guaido speculated and said that he called for the military to support him. the armed

forces across the whole country are on the side of the constitution. now, they're asking all venezuelans to ta ke now, they're asking all venezuelans to take to the streets. to claim what had not been given as citizens for all these years. he is in caracas, yes it does this update. the opposition leader, juan guaido, has called his supporters to join him in what he describes as his final attempt to oust president nicolas maduro. we are at the airways, this facility, area has been the state for clashes, between the forces and nicolas maduro and juan guaido supporters. the situation is quite uncertain, we have seen all around how protesters are throwing stones and anything they can use as projectiles against they can use as projectiles against the national guard and the national

guard is using all the things they normally use. gas canisters and throwing pellets. nobody knows what the outcome is going to be of this latest development of the venezuelan crisis, but it can turn really dangerous. dozens of countries, including the uk and most of latin america to recognise that venezuelans america to recognise that venezuela ns rightful leader america to recognise that venezuelans rightful leader and in the past half hour, president donald trump is tweeted saying, i am monitoring the situation very closely. the united states stands with the people of venezuela and their freedom. the white with the people of venezuela and theirfreedom. the white house adviser also speaking. we are watching it, monitoring it, we got a briefing and we are watching very closely. the situation there, we wa nt closely. the situation there, we want a peaceful transition and we have stuck around for about 20 yea rs, have stuck around for about 20 years, seem have stuck around for about 20 years, seem to happen overnight. i think the world has seen the horrors

of the nicolas maduro regime, the average venezuelan has lost about £20 over a year, that is just a tragedy. and as the president has said many times, it is one of the wealthiest countries in the world and now he is seeing what is happening to people there. these dictators who go into power for their own purposes, they must go, beginning with maduro. what american what might be thinking as these protests continue. the fact that they have completely back to them so farand taken and they have completely back to them so far and taken and done as much as they can in terms of economic pressure, leaving open the option of military intervention, one would say that it will be quite a change in court if they withdrew support right now, but that would be the concern and you saw the emphasis on the tweets and the statements of how they are supporting a return to democracy in the constitution, if it becomes a violent process, if it becomes a violent process, if it

becomes a violent process, if it becomes a civil war or internals dispute, and clearly an attempted military takeover one side trying to ta ke military takeover one side trying to take over the government, then the us has to decide to what degree it is going to get its hands dirty so to speak. and also openly supporting a military movement is another thing, i think some people in his administration would have less problems of that than others, but it would change the kind of debate that is happening here in washington. at the moment, there's been bipartisan support for the policy because it is layla is seen as a source of destabilisation, the economy crumbling, the refugee streaming out, but that is something that would be considered carefully. joining us now is senior latin american polemicist. —— journalist. do you thinkjuan guaido's move is going to yield immediate results or

ta ke going to yield immediate results or take time? it seems that a claim when slightly awry and his supporters that were coming on board did not come on board at the last minute and the united states national security seems to have confirmed that and the statement about 20 minutes ago when he specifically named the defence minister and his security forces of the head of the supreme court and the head of the supreme court and the presidential guard as having not delivered on what he implied they had promised. so it is difficult to see a quick solution and what i anticipate is that there are negotiations going on between two sides and obviously in naming those officials, it puts a lot of pressure on the situation. coming under pressure, he talked about cuba back

in the maduro government, having people on the streets as well. yes. there is no anecdotal evidence, except strong cu ban there is no anecdotal evidence, except strong cuban military advisory roles to the maduro regime. the fact is, around venezuela, the cuban military the fact is, around venezuela, the cu ban military presence the fact is, around venezuela, the cuban military presence on the ground is disputable. but obviously, the situation continues to be very fluent, there are some russian military advisers on the ground, some russian troops. so it is difficult and complicated. but naming those people, isn't he endangering them? and is the also risking that all of these people are going to be rounded up? yes. he has put tremendous pressure on the situation. i think one scenario that we can see is descent into a civil

war situation because if maduro, now backed into a corner, just decides to haul it out and resists for as long as possible. ignoring the fact that the us will not intervene because there is no type of intervention. this is one of the scenarios that juan intervention. this is one of the scenarios thatjuan guaido had anticipated that he is trying to force the situation to climax. because i would have to involve some military intervention from a un mandate. what is the likelihood of juan guaido being arrested himself and if that happens, do we know how much military support there is for his movement was yellow well, as of this morning,? as part of the national guard, aside from that, none of the other senior commanders have come out and said anything apart from the defence minister who

have pledged their support to the constitution. the defence minister, he often looks in hedges a bit of time, attention. he pledged his loyalty to the constitution, which can be read either way. we have seen the pictures of the vehicles on the ground with protesters, we did not broadcast but we did see one truck appeared to drive towards people on the ground. are you surprised to see that? how bad could things get?“ you're looking at it from maduro's point of view, this is a life or death situation and he is willing to ta ke death situation and he is willing to take extreme measures. i do think it isa take extreme measures. i do think it is a very volatile situation and tonight is critical for venezuela

really. will find out on the front pages, venezuela is moving by the minute this morning. in the papers, my guessjoining me minute this morning. in the papers, my guess joining me tonight are the former pension ministers. it has been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs, today, a public inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal of the 19705 contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s got under way. anyone who needed blood was put at risk, whether their haemophiliacs are patient skin transfusions after an operation or childbirth. they were infected with either hiv or hepatitis c, over 3000 people are thought to have died, but it does not end there. many thousands are still living with undiagnosed hepatitis c as a result of the scandal. 0ur health editor reports.

a poignant memorial to victims of the infected blood scandal. messages left by some of theirfamilies. it will travel around the country, as this public inquiry gathers evidence. at the heart of it, people like derek, a haemophiliac, supported by his wife and son. he explained how he first learned he had hiv. i was told i had about a year to live. i was told not to tell anybody... including, excuse me, including my family. derek's brother also had haemophilia and developed aids and on one occasion wanted to talk about his fears. but i couldn't, it was too close to home, for me. and i wasn't there for him. i wasn't there for him.

and three months later, he died. nearly 10 million pages of official documents are being searched, as the inquiry tries to find out whether there was a high—level cover—up. some victims have only recently discovered they were infected. so, for 30 years, you were unaware you had hepatitis c? indeed. carole only found out two years ago she was infected with hepatitis c after a blood infusion and there could be many more who still don't know. the fact that for thousands of people out there, who like me, didn't have the least idea they have hepatitis c and there may be a whole wave and i hope it's going to be handled a darn sight better than it has been up till now. for perry, it's the support of his wife and family which has kept him going. there is a huge impact on family. because they carry you and... but...but the focus is always on the patient, the person who's suffering.

victims and their families have been calling for increased financial support. pay—outs in scotland are higher than in the rest of the uk. just hours before the start of the inquiry today, the government at westminster announced increased funding, but campaigners say it's much too early to say whether it addresses their main concerns. in some other countries, full compensation has been paid. officials have been taken to court. only now, more than three decades on, is the uk mounting a full public inquiry. campaigners hope it will get to the truth. the labour mp the labourmp on the labour mp on the parliamentary group for the contaminated blood, why is it taken so long to get to this point? that is a really good question and i think successive governments have failed to have this

public inquiry to properly compensate people who are clearly harmed by the nhs perceiving contaminated blood, contaminated blood products. so it is a very good question and it is only through the determination of so many people who are victims of the scandal and their families that they have carried on fighting for so long and now we do have to start finally on this public inquiry and hope to get to the bottom of what happened in the 1970s and 80s and hopefully get proper compensation for these people whose lives have been so badly affected obviously, a lot of investigation to go on, we have heard very emotional state m e nts go on, we have heard very emotional statements and also talking of documents being lost or destroyed. do you think there has been a deliberate cover appear? yes, there is some evidence of a cover—up. a

health minister that i heard from, talked about when he asked for his papers from when he was a minister that he was told they had all been moved, people telling me that their hospital medical records have disappeared or were incomplete. so i do think there are all sorts of things that have gone on and i think it's been the reluctance of the department of health and the nhs to accept liability and to say to government no, there is nothing to see here. let's just government no, there is nothing to see here. let'sjust make government no, there is nothing to see here. let's just make some payments to these groups and hope they will go away and that is why there has never been an admission of liability unlike the republic of ireland where they made proper compensation payments and they also admitted liability after those payments have been made. and in other countries in the world, i think they are referring to france when ministers went to prison for the decisions that they took. there could be people that still don't

know that they have been infected, is that a huge number? how would people check? that is the real issue that we don't know the numbers. and the advice that anyone is worried, they should seek medical advice on this. but we do not know the numbers because of the haemophiliac and bleeding disorders community, for the wider population, who perhaps needed transfusions after routine surgery or needed transfusions after routine surgery or childbirth, we just do not know how many people were affected stop by thank you very much. after 830, the ward who the headlines now on bbc news, violence erupts in the suite to back streets of venezuela after opposition leaderjuan guaido calls for military support to oust nicolas maduro. thousands of haemophiliacs infected with hepatitis c and hiv,

and inquiry begins to discover how their blood was contaminated. and a new police investigation into the deaths of hundreds of patients at the war memorial hospital. sport now with a full wind—up now with bbc sport. thank you, it is arguably the biggest match in 50 years, tottenham champions are well under way and they have just scored! currently leading i—0 and a little bit controversial, there was some talk that there could have been offside but it has stood so it's i—0, that there could have been offside but it has stood so it's 1—0, the absence of the injured harry kane, and don't forget i x put them and they are currently leading in the new stadium. in the other semifinals, they face barcelona

tomorrow night and the liverpool squad has been there to get used to the stadium and manager has said it is going to be a momentous occasion. people say that yes it is a brilliant team here and we are the first year, second year in contention, they are there for nearly 20 years so it will be so difficult but i could not be more excited about having the opportunity to play in that spot. i hope i can... transport my players and they feel the same and let's play football. always good. the football league have confirmed that he won his match against branford, the players went on strike and will not be played this week. constant financial trouble and uncertainty for a potential takeover have left the coaching staff about their salaries for march and april. they

see a decision if and when the game will be played, it will be taken on thursday. they are not opposed to playing with youth players. the tennis net and kyle has been knocked out in the first round of the international in munich. the british number one lost in straight sets who is linked six places below him. the british number one is through to the second round at the morocco open, she came from behind to be china's player two sets to one. in cycling, same teams, same writer and slightly different name launched at the tour in switzerland. the team known as tea m in switzerland. the team known as team sky had their first official race under new ownership with thomas finishing fourth, the new look will be unveiled tomorrow ahead of the tour to yorkshire which begins on thursday. set to be named as the man

to fight world heavyweight champion anthonyjoshua on june the ist to fight world heavyweight champion anthonyjoshua onjune the ist at new york's madison square garden. the california born fighter has fought for world title once before, replacing miller who lost his shot after failing replacing miller who lost his shot afterfailing a drugs replacing miller who lost his shot after failing a drugs test. replacing miller who lost his shot afterfailing a drugs test. in replacing miller who lost his shot after failing a drugs test. in the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship started today into former champions went toe to toe in the afternoon session, neil robertson and john higgins have four frames of peace but he is flying, trump raced into a six lead, knocking in the highest rate of 131 999 knocking in the highest rate of 131 egg and steve maguire before the scott managed to register a frame and then favourite took to lead 7—1. first to 13. the other quarterfinals are in session at the moment, these are in session at the moment, these are life pictures from the crucible, gary wilson wrote number one ronnie

0'sullivan with carter, five frames each. and his 6—5 to wilson. that is all the support for now it is still 1-0 all the support for now it is still i—0 between tottenham and ajax. i will have more at half past ten. labour's governing body has agreed to support a further referendum on brexit under certain circumstances. the committee decided that the wording for the manifesto for the european elections. 0ur political correspondent is in westminster but how are the remaining supporters, the ones who really want the clear referendum, have they taken this? people are starting to read into this in some instances what i think they hope to read into it is rather than necessarily quite a lot of forged around all of this, some of the remain side to think that labour‘s compromise on the position

is not going far enough, others say, to borrow a phrase or a word, the backstop still remains for labour advocating for another referendum of those do not happen. some maybe they will get to that end in the end. but where we are is pretty much where we were, they dreamt of in outlook back at the party conference in september to try and keep their party together, basically saying that look, we will fight for a better brexit deal, if you do not get that, we'll both for a general election or go for another referendum. and here we are in the very last day of april and the executive committee, the ruling body of the labour party has endorsed exactly that same policy. i spoke to a shadow cabinet minister who's saying the logic to this is that they are still in talks with the government, trying to arrive at a brexit compromise but labour would

regarded as good and they would vote for and therefore, let's see them argue if that option comes to anything before moving on to any other option. but it speaks to the central truth and all of these brexit discussions, whether you're talking by the government or the labour party, which is of no surprise revelation, brexit divides and it puts parties and awkward spots and this latest meeting conclusion is a further illustration of that. and are you sensing that it will cause people to think about breaking away? because that is a lwa ys breaking away? because that is always been the question if the main parties can hang together in the coming weeks and months in the elections. soul searching for some, but it was always the option of those were desperate within the party that he could still become labour policy because it remains a possibility on the table and there are plenty who don't think these

talks between labour and the conservatives will come to anything in the end and it does not look like it will be an immediate general election. so even though there are two barriers in the labour of‘s policy standing between where they are now and advocating under the referendum, it is not unreasonable to suggest that those barriers will be able to come very quickly and those hoping for another referendum can hope that that is where the we'll get to eventually. but it will not be that easy to be a labour candidate or a conservative right now standing on a doorstep and offering a simple, palatable and understandable answer to the question, where do you stand on brexit? because the simple truth is both of the parties official position is, to put it gently, a spot cloudy. thank you very much. police have begun a new criminal investigation into the deaths of

hundreds of patients in hampshire between 1987 and 2001, the independent inquiry found that more than a50 patients died after given strong painkillers at the memorial hospital. three previous investigations have ended with no charges being brought. this was another difficult day for the families of those who died in gosport, arriving at an unfamiliar hall to relive their highly familiar stories and to wait to hear if the police were going to take action. stanley was one of hundreds of people who died after going into the gosport war memorial hospital. his daughters say the new police inquiry that was announced must get at the truth. we want justice for the relatives and for the families that have been fighting for the last 20 years. it's gone on long enough now. a lot of the families in there — we're all getting older, and, you know, it's been 20 years, so...

for us, anyway, with dad. last year, an independent inquiry found that more than a50 patients died at the hospital because they were probably given strong painkillers for no medical reason. today, the police said their new inquiry would be different to three previous ones. the families have waited a long time. they want answers. i want to try and give them the answers, but i can't promise that i'm going to give them the outcome that they want. the police also say that they are looking at a full range of charges, including murder, but they say it all depends on whether they can prove that the shortening of lives here at gosport was directly caused by the use of these powerful painkillers. drjane barton was responsible for prescribing painkillers at the hospital in the 1990s, though last year's report said other staff were also involved. speaking through her husband last year, she denied she was at fault. she has always maintained that she was a hard—working,

dedicated doctor doing the best for her patients in a very inadequately resourced part of the health service. the new investigation will take at least nine months. the families of those who died say they simply want to be heard. two men are being question on suspicion of murder after the bodies of two women were found in a freezer in east london. the victims who have not been formally identified were discovered on friday. police are offering a reward of £20,000 for information that leads to the arrest and prosecution of the man wanted in connection with the rain and murder of two women in london last week. jason, who is known to use false names is accused of separately snatching two women in their 20s last thursday. they described him as being muscular, by five or ten

inches and he is extremely dangerous. a cricket tear who raped a woman is part of a sexual conquest game has been jailed a woman is part of a sexual conquest game has beenjailed forfive a woman is part of a sexual conquest game has been jailed for five years in australian born all around her, carried out the attack in april 2017. he set up the contest to sleep with the most women on a whatsapp group. he admitted, consensualsex with his then team—mate. it is the end ofan with his then team—mate. it is the end of an era injapan, with his then team—mate. it is the end ofan era injapan, this with his then team—mate. it is the end of an era injapan, this morning emperor akihito give his last public addresses emperor. the 85—year—old is the first japanese monarch to stand out in 200 years. his crown prince will take over tomorrow. japanese emperors are supposed to die on the throne. but this is a man who has redefined what it means to bea who has redefined what it means to

be a monarch. emperor akihito has come to the imperial palace shrine to ask his dead ancestors permission to ask his dead ancestors permission to abdicate. in truth, he has pleaded with his people and the government for years to allow him to step down. after 30 years on the chrysanthemum step down. after 30 years on the chrysa nthemum throne, step down. after 30 years on the chrysanthemum throne, his health is failing and it is time to say farewell. we sincerely hope the prosperity and peace of new era and they wish japan and the prosperity and peace of new era and they wishjapan and the world peace and prosperity. the ceremony is taking place behind closed doors in the imperial palace, ten minutes, no one will see anything out here and they still have gathered in the rain, because they want to pay respects to an emperor who won their hearts. when aikido ascended to the throne, he was crowned emperor of a country that many believed would become a new superpower.

country that many believed would become a new superpower. a year later, the economy crashed. and then came for the disaster. a more powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the northwest in 2011, leaving almost 16,000 people dead. emperor akihito and his wife were suffering, rails andjapan akihito and his wife were suffering, rails and japan was seen as descendents of the gods to see him kneeling made him human and they loved him for it. he was also the first to marry a commoner, his co nsta nt first to marry a commoner, his constant companion. as pacifists, they travel the world to help heal japan's wartime reputation. their son, the crown prince will become emperor at midnight. leaving the country into a new era which many hope will build on his father ‘s legacy. let's have a look at the weather. the tale of two halves, by

far the best of the sunshine is been across further west this weather front has brought a front in northern ireland, pushing into the man menu cable will find is that that cloud will act like a blanket through the night, giving us rain but stopping with temperatures, chilly but we will see temperatures within a few degrees of freezing and in the fog returns and i will be around the morning rush as with the rain further west but our weather rush, will break up and clear away and it will be the focus of heavy showers in the afternoon, rising to 16 or 17 could once again yield some pretty heavy downpours, and other density spells on thursday but this time progressively chilli with some slow moving heavy showers at the end of the day.

however, bbc news at the headlines. violence erupts on the streets of venezuela after opposition leader juan guiado cost for military support to asked president madeira. thousands of haemophiliacs infected with hepatitis c and hiv, inquiry into how the blood was contaminated. new police investigation launched into the death of hundreds of patients at gosport war memorial hospital. labour governing body agrees to support a second brexit referendum but only if the other options fail. and japan's amber gives up his throne in a formal ceremony, the first to do so in over 200 years. maternity services at two hospitals had been put into special

measures after independent review found serious failings. it was prompted by a number of baby backs and serious incidents at the hospitals. it found that staff shortages and a blend culture had led to poor care. we have kept things along the way. this was our first christmas without her. sarah and jonathan had only a brief moment with their daughter jennifer, she died shortly after being prematurely at their home. sarah had gone to her local hospital while in labour but was told she had constipation and was sent home with laxatives. hours laterjennifer was born. despitejonathan attempting cpr, she didn't survive. she fought so hard to be with us and she wasn't given the opportunity because she wasn't born in the medical unit with medical care. the report identified serious failings described today as taking place from the board to the ward. some women received poor care which didn't meet the standards expected, there were significant

staff shortages and not all staff behaved as they should towards patients, deep—rooted cultural failings in leadership were identified and systemic failings in how incidents were reported. health board's chief executive apologised for the failings. in the report some women were describing the units as cattle markets, they weren't being listened to, they were being laughed at when they raised concerns. what did you feel when you read that? a whole host of emotions, most profoundly a sense of sadness, a sense of shame and a sense of real determination to do something to make sure that we put this right. jennifer's parents gave evidence to this inquiry, they are among a3 cases that have been identified as needing investigation. it's absolutely devastating in a way i cannot even describe. you know, for any other

families, if we can stop any other family going through this, that means jennifer's life has had a good impact and meant something. a new review will now look at cases dating back to 2010 to try to determine how many women and babies may have come to harm. sian lloyd, bbc news, merthyr tydfil. as we've been hearing, victims of the contaminated blood scandal have been telling a public inquiry how their lives have been ruined. the hearing is looking at how thousands of people were infected with hepatitis c and hiv from contaminated blood they were given in the 1970s and 80s. many of the victims spoke out about the stigma their faced surrounding hiv and the impact it's had on their lives. we can now speak to mark ward, who was infected with hiv through a blood transfusion the 1980s and the director of policy and campaigns at the national aids

trust kat smithson thank you forjoining us tonight. mike, how did you find out that you had hiv? in a brutalway. i had knee surgery so had hiv? in a brutalway. i had knee surgery so i was in hospitalfor six weeks and it was as i was being discharged at my parents were wheeling me through the haemophilia centre, when a nurse popped up behind the hatch and said and shouted across the waiting room actually, do you want to know his hiv result he has positive, see you next time by. how old were you? 14. how did you feel in that moment?“ was hard to say because i knew what was hard to say because i knew what was being said because of what i saw on television but because i was just going home from being away from my family from all that time, it did not seem real but the following week when i went back, we were given more brutal details that you don't tell

anyone because they can't guarantee your safety. it was a need to know on that basis and really nobody needed to know, and that's when the fear, they control you with the fear. what did they say to you? exactly that, there were people in america, haemophiliacs, who are infected, they were being hunted and attacked and shot at, there were incidents here in the uk where haemophiliacs homes were graffiti and vandalized and cars are being attacked, and there was a lot of darkness, but they also segregated as they never let us mix so we could talk to each other. you went in and put ina talk to each other. you went in and put in a separate room. marketplace my story is sadly of course not the only one. kat, you're obviously part of this group in terms of trying to do something about it now, it's astonishing it's taken so long to

get to this point a public inquiry only now, why? i would say from that perspective, we are supportive of the inquiry and i am personally and professionally in honour of people who have worked so hard to make this happen and make their voices heard. it has taken far too long and there really needs to be honest reckoning about what went wrong and systematic levels and how to stop it from happening again. why do you think happened? i know it's happening again. why do you think happened? i know its complex at different places that patients. happened? i know its complex at different places that patientslj don't different places that patients.” don't think i'm in a position to comment on that and i think that's the role of the inquiry to work it out and i think we should respect and appreciate the dependence of it and appreciate the dependence of it and make sure he gets to the bottom of it but i think it's important we have opportunity now to hear from people like mike and hear their story and i think it's a position to comment on that and i think that's the role of the inquiry to work it out and i think we should respect and appreciate the dependence of it and appreciate the dependence of it and make sure he gets to the bottom of it but i think it's important we have opportunity now to hear from

people like mike and hear their story and i think it's appointed this inquiry is focusing first and foremost on the evidence from them. mike, ithink foremost on the evidence from them. mike, i think what was perhaps new ina way mike, i think what was perhaps new in a way for many people who heard the evidence today was the stigma that people have had to live with through the years. is not something experience? a great deal the worst stigma existing today is against the fear because there has not been an upgrade of information and education, so if you speak to somebody today, the information they are going on is famous back in the 80s whereas medicine moved down there is treatment now, but i had experienced it and went into hospital and they just assume experienced it and went into hospital and theyjust assume that you get a virus in a particular way whether it's hepatitis c or hiv or other things. yes, yes three your own behaviour is what they say. and with health care, you should be there at cared for regardless rather that what people think they believe that what people think they believe that our think. what about friends and family members, had they

suffered socially as well? greatly, i was 50 last week and told i would not live it to c16, so how do you plan if future? how does your family find anything looking forward when you're not even supposed to live tomorrow may be. what would you help comes out of this and how quickly and realistically do you think such and realistically do you think such an inquiry can move because obviously time is that the evidence —— evidence for some people stop look at the port and the conclusions come out of it i sound and people feel confident and then, so there are estimates the inquiry could take are estimates the inquiry could take a few years. the main concern is it's thorough and that's what people needed to do and tell the truth, so i think that ultimately what we can hope for and what i had been really what i think it's admirable about the people of this book today is that we can actually this can be a springboard to address stigma faced by those today living with it.

what's the one thing are keeping you would like to come out of this inquiry? the truth. we need more people to come forward to get state m e nts people to come forward to get statements to the inquiry because every voice matters, it really does and it's vital. i know you're hoping for the day to speak, thank you both very, very much. let's return to our top story and venezuelan authorities say they are putting down a small coup attempt after opposition leaderjuan guaido announced he was in the "final phase" of ending president nicolas maduro's rule. there have been dramatic scenes and clashes on the streets of the venezualan capital caracas where thousands of people have taken to the streets. president trump has tweeted his support saying that the united states stands with the people of venezuela and their freedom here's his national security adviserjohn bolton speaking a short while ago.

people of venezuela, it's been building for a long time, 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 that president wants to see a peaceful transfer of power. from maduro to guiado. that possibility is still existing if enough figures that depart from the regime and separate the opposition and that is what we would like to see, we like to see the defence minister and chiefjudge see, we like to see the defence minister and chief judge of see, we like to see the defence minister and chiefjudge of supreme court and the presidential guard. minister and chiefjudge of supreme court and the presidential guardm venezuelan ambassador has accused foreign powers of trying to spark a civil war in the country he said their attempt to destabilise government failed. translation: the constitutional government of madera acted rapidly and isolating the focal point a public that started with maximum attention to the human

rights, there has been no wounded thus far, and fundamental freedom of that dennis weibel —— that is other people, preventing the innocent majority letter—writers a right to live in democracy and peace from being affected in this way, madero showed once again that he is the fundamental and only guarantee of government and peace and legitimate constitutional order and venezuela. this new attempt by foreign powers to spark a civil war hoping that the doors to a military intervention from abroad and imposed a pop—up government and our country felt. it has the main reason for this, it's become evident this plan has no roots in venezuelan society, the majority of people want to live in peace and with the full exercising of sovereignty and independence and right to self—determination.

of sovereignty and independence and right to self-determination. with me is that an asset, so you are saying how you knew the un ambassador. idea, he someone i know him quite well because he was the ambassador to the uk at a time when i was living here and alice before that massive exit you have now. he was actually very courteous to me at the time and actually came to a few events i was hosting. because even though we always disagreed and at the time it was very clear that it was very the time it was very clear that it was very opposed to what i saw, the slow slippery sliding into tearing nanda chavez and the cfx today. i it's interesting now how things have escalated, he has hardened and the crisis has worsened in venezuela. obviously, old acquaintances split politically and deeply from what we have seen tonight though, it's as if

he does not have military support he might‘ve thought he had. he does not have military support he might've thought he had. its complicated so here is basically what has happened. the military is waiting to see if the us gives us a point to the opposition and a lot of the people out and that hail was i waiting to see what happens with the military, so that everyone is on a standoff situation at the moment. what we see is guiado has made progress in marching west towards the palace which is the presidential residence of which he has said that he would take with support. he is marching pretty much unopposed with some factions of the military supporting him and encouraging them to come down from the hills it's basically a numbers game. if you get enough people supporting and marching through, then they will make it and they will overwhelm military forces militaries waiting to see what happened. in the us and

last few hours they named people that they want to support the defence minister chiefjudge and the had a presidential guard, which implies that those people that night is it not endangering them? isn't guiado under threat potentially being arrested? well potentially. but he has not been arrested so far and not only that, no pets is marching with that man is free so why did the people back in quiet —— backing good idea to guiado a a being which is equivalent to mi six or ciba, its main onset that security services backing him and they had them under guard said they had flipped. there are certain aspects of security services that have come out in favour of him. what portion of the military are supporting your side? first of all i wa nt to supporting your side? first of all i want to be clear, our side as he put it is the constitution, call it has

been carrying on for the military for the past openly. we had been openly negotiating with him to come and support the constitution. and to stop the $8.8 billion a year they have been earning an illicit trade and stop starvation and making money off of the hunger. what we need ice we are calling for than that the president openly said we will give you honesty and forgive you if you make the right choice and calm and back constitutional president, which is guiado. is it helpful to have state m e nts is guiado. is it helpful to have statements from trump? how much banking have you had any wet form from the white house? the white house has been very open about backing and encouraging military to come and back our constitution and was one of the first to support us as with the united kingdom.“

was one of the first to support us as with the united kingdom. is a potential military support from the us on the cards? it's possible but what would happen is guiado, so the constitution that's being defended here as the one drafted by hugo chavez by the regime, and that clause 187.11 where the constitutional commander, which is guiado because he is the president at the national assembly, which is internationally recognised at the only legitimate force for democracy and side of venezuela, he can call for international cooperation to assist in defence of venezuelan territory and defence of the people. if the military shoots on the protesters, come down from the health and military should stem, guiado can request help from the international community and then i think you will see a top end. ok, leaving it there for now thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news. violence erupts on the streets of venezuela after opposition leader

juan guaido calls for military support to oust president nicolas maduro. thousands of haemophiliacs infected with hepatitis c and hiv an inquiry begins into how their blood was contaminated. and a new police investigation is launched into the deaths of hundreds of patients at gosport war memorial hospital. an update on the market numbers for you here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. it's one of those stories that pits farmers against the naturalists. at the heart of the row is what to do about these birds in england and who has the right to kill them. farmers think they are pests because they attack livestock and eat crops. wildlife campaigners argue that many are killed indisciminately and not just by farmers. what has up to now been a vigorous debate has just turned nasty with the presenter of bbc springwatch, chris packham,

getting death threats. our rural affairs correspondent, claire marshall, reports and a warning her report contains images some may find distressing. look at this. trees filled with nesting rooks in the cotswolds. and what do you see? a beautiful sign of spring time or nests of pests that need to be controlled. you will shoot about 20 at a time and the next day there will be 100 to take their place. edwards says he has to keep his newborn lambs inside to stop crow attacks and there's another problem, rooks feasting on his crops. last year laws were changed. the system is now so confusing that edward says he has stopped shooting and says his farm is suffering. you need to manage it. if you have too many of one species, they become the dominant species and they will destroy others.

images of lamb is alleged to have been attacked by crows were posted on social media over the weekend. edward's13—year—old daughter helped him run the farm. you have got to be open—minded to it all. there is definitely one answer and it is to have equal crows and equal sheep and to have balance. the problem is this debate is spinning out of control. the majority of people on both sides want the same thing, to stop animals being killed or suffering unnecessarily. this is what nature can pay no chris packham woke up to at the weekend. police are also examining suspicious packages sent to his home and he has had death threats. it was a legal challenge by his campaign group that led to the licences being changed. what concerns us is large numbers are being killed purely for vandalism and pleasure, not because they are pests or harming anyone's interest and we have never sought to restrict

the ability of farmers to kill birds damaging their livelihood. a government statement said natural england are working as quickly as possible to issue new licences. the hope is that clarity comes before the argument gets even uglier. plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars should be brought forward to 2030 according to government advisers . the committee on climate change says the current target is too tame and electric cars will be cheaper to buy in as little as six years. our environment analyst roger harrabin has more.

this is how cars have been since he started driving them 20a0 government says this is how cars have been since he started driving them 20a0 government says all cars this is how cars have been since he started driving them 20a0 government says all cars will this is how cars have been since he started driving them 20a0 government says all cars will look like this is how cars have been since he started driving them 20a0 government says all cars will look like this this is how cars have been since he started driving them 20a0 government says all cars will look like this producing none of the admissions that the climate change and harm children lungs. but the climate committee will say this week that switch of a date should not be 20a0, but 2030. that depends on the government improving its much criticised roll—out of charging stations and on ample supplies of batteries. otherwise this switchover should be 2035 not 20a0. goodness or car buyers, the committee expects electric cars to cost the famous patrol cars by the middle of the next decade. government has not yet accepted the recommendation for an earlier deadline for clean cars. but what to do about the existing polluting vehicles on the roads? that's a policy for another day. a leading supermarket in london is the first store in the country to trial not having any tills.

it means customers at sainsbury‘s local in holborn must scan and pay for items with an app. our business correspondent, emma simpson, popped out to get something to eat and see how the system works. soi so i downloaded the app on my phone so i downloaded the app on my phone soi so i downloaded the app on my phone so i can start to scan stuff i'm on the hunt for lunch. going to grab some sandwiches. 0h, the hunt for lunch. going to grab some sandwiches. oh, that was quick terry go and now i look at something to drinka terry go and now i look at something to drink a diet coke. next bar code. 0k. to drink a diet coke. next bar code. ok. so how are you going to stop people walking out without paying? as at everything, we are designing for 99.9% of our customers who are honest. there may be instances where either customers are learning this

and hence have missed an item in our customers who are actively trying to avoid depend in part altogether we have a number of amazing colleagues around the star who are there to help and support. it was congress and the first time because i did login and love the lap that it might be fine in principle so i will give it another go. the neck innovating but as an old man myself i prefer old—school cash, we have enough of self checkout now we have this come i don't really like it but 0k, self checkout now we have this come i don't really like it but ok, it's an experiment. going to scan this to get my receipt. 0k. think that's it so now get my receipt. 0k. think that's it so now i can go. assumption of honesty and that your phone battery is fully charged there. let's have a look at the weather now. that evening. weather was a tale of two hats today, pretty warm again, and that strong april sunshine while

further west, swathes of cloud mint and width and the pressure meandering its way east, quite wet for a time meandering its way east, quite wet fora time and meandering its way east, quite wet for a time and northern ireland the clearing now and pushing into the clearing now and pushing into the main menu continued throughout the rest of overnight, so it does limit the following time because, not for most of it under the clear skies again in eastern england, in particular, it under the clear skies again in eastern england, in particular, it'll be quite chilly as he and as we have seen in recent yea rs he and as we have seen in recent years —— recent hours, fogged clear skies central and eastern areas taking a while to clear away the land tomorrow looks a little cloudy on the hall at my shower is around because the weather front is making steady progress ease, but the sunshine will punch through the cloud —— cloud, and get more energy to the cloud and energy and waste is a big showers and pandas from developing this afternoon but not for all, they will be a lively downpour, gusty winds and looks

drier with fewer showers around northern ireland but still some around in northern england in central england as his eyes well. as he followed the progress of that whether finder showers through wednesday to thursday, even as a way for a wednesday to thursday, even as a way fora time, wednesday to thursday, even as a way for a time, but then we have a line of cloud approaching from the north and that's going to bring subtle change it later thursday, but had it, once again push that strong may sunshine into the equation and we had big showers and lively downpour with hail and thunder. and it really sta rts with hail and thunder. and it really starts to feel like a different season by the end of thursday to friday, watching the weather from here, introducing arctic air flow across the uk. so friday, and the showers and the north could well be a wintry day as you can see, showers mostly over the hills, wintry showers but it feels colder for all of us, temperatures barely making double figures from many parts of northern england and scotland adding the effect of strong northern win, it fell significantly colder, so it well and i think feel as if we step

back into its winter. therefore friday night will be called with widespread frost come saturday morning in fact sunday morning as well but otherwise we will of the bank holiday weekend cut off the northern plus other things warm up by monday.

hello, i'm karin giannone, this is outside source. violent protests in venezuela after this call from juan guaido. the armed forces, not only in caracas but across the whole country are on the side of the constitution. now we are asking all venezuelans to ta ke to now we are asking all venezuelans to take to the streets. there was teargas and gunshots as thousands protested. the government says it's an attempted coup. president maduro insists the military remains totally loyal. this is the scene live in the capital caracas — with neighbouring countries worried — events might spiral into bloodshed. the white house has thrown its full support behind the opposition — urging the venezuelan military