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this is g.w. news live from berlin nicolas maduro wins a second term as president of venezuela he's calling it an historic victory but the opposition says the vote was a farce with the economy on the verge of collapse what can model do to stabilize the country also coming up pulling back from the brink china and the u.s. agree to put their trade war on hold beijing says it didn't blink first. turkey's president has been banned from holding rallies for his country's upcoming elections in a number of new countries so he's taken his pitch to expatriate turks in bosnia. and
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world cup worries for russia adopting investigation hangs over the squad just weeks before the start of a tournament they are hosting we speak to the journalist who was once more probing russian sports. i'm sumi so much got it good to have you with us nicolas maduro has won venezuela's presidential election he beat his nearest rival henry felt by a wide margin model called his victory a triumph over imperialism but the opposition boycott of the polling said it was not a fair vote the u.s. says it will not recognize the outcome and is considering new sanctions against the socialist government. for nicolas maduro and his supporters the celebration with few surprises. it's a second six year term for the venice. whalen president who won over two thirds of
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the vote. thank you for overcoming so many aggressions some of those. thank you for joining me in so many battles and thank you for making me president. but it's a hollow victory the country's electoral sardi's say only forty six percent of voters turned out at the polls. opposition parties say the real figure is closer to thirty percent. the main opposition party boycotted the election claiming it was rigged to popular candidates were barred from running one challenger who ran on little more than a prayer says the vote was marred by irregularities. we don't recognize this electoral process as valid as having taken place.
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for us there were no elections no new elections in venezuela need to take place. duras opponents say the empty polling stations were kept open for hours past the prescribed closing time in a desperate bid to draw in voters. voting was very low one that it didn't used to be like this and they're hoping more people will eventually come out but the truth is it's been a very very week so all we will and there were only a few voters that it was not like this in other years when there was a lot of people today i've been walking through town and the voting centers are empty. when i want to there haven't been many people because there was a campaign asking people not to vote they told people not to turn night but some people from the other side have voted and we should be says have gladly come i
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don't like what i've done i get my duro has been handed a second term as venezuela suffers under crippling inflation and food shortages his victory has been rejected by the u.s. which says it may impose new oil sanctions against the struggling state. heard there are going to be less economic breakdown has been a big factor driving frustration among many voters their care had is more on that as a sunni one thing's for sure nicolas maduro didn't campaign on his stewardship of the economy more than one million people have fled the country in the past two years alone and hyperinflation has crushed the minimum wage that's less than two dollars per month and the country could face even tougher times ahead economic reforms are urgently needed and corruption needs to be stamped out but mature a socialist regime shows no signs that it might be willing to accept that and said mature and his cronies are looking for scapegoats the opposition the i.m.f. the u.s. the west in general are told never themselves. after nearly twenty years of
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socialist rule in venezuela the once prosperous economy is in tatters massive shortages have left huge swathes of the population struggling to survive hyperinflation at close to thirteen thousand percent has destroyed venezuelan savings and left them unable to afford basic goods. power and water have become luxuries for many in the country with the world's largest known oil reserves spiraling poverty hopelessness and anger at nicolas maduro government have led to a social implosion protests and file and crackdowns have marked his tenure but as mature oh tightens the screws on dissent his government has a silver bullet for the moribund economy the cryptocurrency the petro it's meant as a workaround for the lack of foreign currency but critics call it a scam. but that petro success would depend on good faith in the government backing
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it years of mismanagement and corruption have meant very little of that has been created leading venezuelans to see little chance of an end to their ordeal. well so what now for when it's a question of discussing them on a silver fare of the institute of latin american studies you have to feel a burst of pearl in. how much more would do. it's really difficult to do answer believe it or not it can be wars so you get to afghanistan iraq today so is maybe. we don't know how long can other is a in charge of the government maybe the six year of the administration's six month we don't really know. venezuela has the most oil separators state in all the world why can't a profit from for example the recent run of the us because the odds are it's
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because the prices are rising because of the fall of the oil production in venezuela and this is part of corruption instability and the failure of the oil industry in the contrie why why is the oil industry failing and because of that ministration is the new kind of. come in charge of this industry that time was one of the best and richest industry in the war and today in charge of chobits and then my dura we can see the results of the social research permanence is it's not just during who's who's at fault here and in this process started in the nine in one thousand nine hundred nine when charles came in charge in two thousand through the charges through twenty thousand professionals and technicians of the industry and that was to. bur beginning of the a situation of today that we have the fall of the oil production in one of the all
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biggest better state of the war was corruption such a big problem is that the governments for. wow it's really difficult to explain why so corruption is the. this is not part of the color of the country it is so new kind of cryptography and we need maybe a long time to it to explain why this saucily is as permanent became a part of the big gang kleptocracy the source of some especially say that this is it is i don't know why this new kind of thoughtful it is subtle as the twenty first. century story became a part of this regime is this is really amazing it's really amazing the united states is looking imposing new sanctions venezuela madeira has always
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said that the bad situation the bad economic situation in venezuela is all the americans fault is the rise is a part of an argument that we agree here for a nicaragua we are we have here it is from cuba for another conference on this is part of the strategy to avoid the sanctions and to avoid the responsibility of this column is of course is not the reality what would the as well as economy need right now what venezuela needs is a new regime is torn important cirrhotic tongan porn to get back to democracy that is the best way to became discount three to the new kind of few toria so radical radical caught not just piecemeal reform i thing a radical cut in a radical thought the end of the new dictatorship and the is cryptography to go again go back to democracy one of those thank you very
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much thanks to. further threats of an imminent trade war between the united states and china is off the table for now at least and talks over the weekend the two countries agreed not to impose new tariffs while they work on reforms the main issue under discussion is now is how to narrow china's three hundred seventy five billion dollar trade surplus with the u.s. representatives on both sides say they're discussing china importing more american agriculture products and oil. the world's two biggest economies are back to the negotiating table and they appear willing to keep talking until they find a solution to their trade conflict please tell me you are. the strongest demand from both the chinese side and the us is to stop the trade war and stop imposing more tariffs on each other's products this time both sides pledge to stop the trade
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war and develop good relations in trade or in a mass meant i think this is a major demand from both countries. so it will be. china has already made concessions saying it will significantly increase purchases of u.s. goods and services it's an attempt to address u.s. president donald trump's demand to reduce china's three hundred seventy five billion dollar trade surplus no details have been released yes but the countries have agreed not to impose further tariffs on each other while they continue to negotiate a trade deal. speaking in an interview with fox news u.s. treasury secretary steve minutia to have this to say. the present we have a very good framework agreement that's not just about buying goods it's about structural changes it's about lowering tariffs china has committed to lower tariffs on many things and make structural changes and protect our technology so these are very important issues for the u.s.
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economy and now we're going to make sure that this gets implemented. that he told and months of tension between the two countries which would send markets into a frenzy but with little concrete information released by the details of the negotiations the stakes remain high. low cost airline ryanair offered released its full year results for twenty seventy spurred by an increase in passengers profits source a one point four five billion euros that's ten percent compared to the year before that strong performance come. despite the difficulty of months for ryanair the consolation of thousands of flights due to rostering problems and pilot strikes apparently failed to have a big impact on the company's bottom line in a bumpy year for the entire line industry that so competitive berlin go out of business entirely. and there's some
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controversy complaining going on here in europe and sumi is that stank you care what turkey is holding an election next month to shore up support for president has taken his campaign abroad he addressed thousands of expert expatriate turks in bosnia's capital sorry a vote on sunday countries have banned a similar rallies today are to once a crackdown on dissent and press freedom. thousands of turks from all over europe arrived in sarajevo ahead of president. some twenty thousand all up as member of the tribe presidency but cute is it big of each welcome dared go on the turkish leader appeared unfazed by intelligence claims of an assassination plot against him but security was tight. news of this has reached me through the national intelligence service such threats will not lead us astray from our path. would it be right for so many people across
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europe to come here and not be able to see the leader they wanted to meet and greet . no it would not be they cannot stop us from walking our path we are on the same path like the path we were on during the coup attempt on july fifteenth. some three million expatriate turks are allowed to vote nearly half of them in germany the bosnian capital is the only campaign stop president everyone will be making in europe austria germany and the netherlands announced they would not allow him to hold election rallies here to one supporters called the ban undemocratic. there are twenty eight thousand people who came here the ban on airline in the e.u. is not good for europe this is not democracy in a democracy you can do whatever you want there is no democracy in europe it's a modern dictatorship.
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june twenty fourth will in the beginning of a new system of governance which will concentrate more powers in the president's hands and abolish the office of prime minister but support for everyone in bosnia is not unanimous the croatian member of the bosnian presidency could hurt the country's aspirations to join the e.u. . now to some other stories making headlines around the world the u.s. department of justice will investigate whether the f.b.i. spied on donald trump's two thousand and sixteen election campaign in a tweet to trump said he demands to know whether any such requests for spying on his campaign were made by the obama administration the democratic republic of congo is launching an ebola vaccination program today to try to stop a new outbreak of the disease health workers have shipped four thousand doses of the vaccine and more is on its way the first wave of the program will target health
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professionals treating patients paraguayan has opened its israeli embassy in jerusalem the second country to do so after the united states. and president practice and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu attended the inauguration ceremony the u.s. relocated its embassy to jerusalem a week ago. for years mozambique was ravaged by civil war and preserving nature was understandably not a top priority but the country is rich in natural resources and boasts breathtaking national parks. national park for example in the country south is home to extensive wetlands and wildlife a delegation of german scientists is now working with local partners to help protect those natural treasures make it more attractive for international tourists . ranges. a group of scientists from germany on safari. it's
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a huge. areas that are a paradise for. seven thousand square. the. countless pelicans. for which the park is best known the ostrich they're the only ostrich is in mozambique. the group has found something else of interest is not to go do this is an elephant corridor. when the elephants pass through the area they leave their dung behind. these days the park has no large animals of its own lions buffaloes and rhinos were driven away first by the civil war then by poachers or by going or form it's not that poachers need food that's not a problem right now people have enough to eat. they set these traps because they want to make money. off the park has been
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a protected area for more than forty years there are stiff penalties for coaches but illegal killing of animals remains a problem it disrupts the ecosystem in the reserve ranges document their findings and remove the carcasses. while driving to some of the villages situated inside the park it becomes clear there are other problems these a sacks of charcoal made illegally from wood and confiscated by the ranges. i squash the minute that the villagers cut down the trees and destroy the natural habitat the animals are forced to flee end up entering the residential areas which leads to new problems the animals' habitat is being destroyed. there are twenty villages in around the park home to nearly six thousand people many residents can't understand the need for such strict conservation laws. so how can the national park foster better relations with local residents that's the question
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that interests the great from germany together with the ranges they want to convey the message that the park is keen to support local residents one man cites the example of another park nearby one shekel feet one at the end of each year the park gives twenty percent of its income to the local community they can then use the money to buy something for the benefit of the entire village. that would be a good model here too and help local people to see tourism as an opportunity to earn money visitors from abroad would also get a taste of the traditional lifestyle of people living in the park. this family profited from the german group and enjoyed the encounter to ok nothing out clearly out of it ok. but it's all early days yet. it's a drop in the ocean and obviously we're not yet teaching people how to preserve their
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environment. the volunteers are committed to a long term partnership with the national park and the local community they want to know what other activities could interest visitors waiting through wetlands. it's just what we need to preserve this to attract tourists. we'd like to offer something that other reserves don't have so that people say if we want to see that we need to go to buy you know just a bit of a night time safari is one idea the park specializes in small animals here it's not the big five that visitors are likely to see frogs antelopes and a rich brighty of their. in southern mexico a group of people known as mushers are born with male bodies but take on feminine roles as they grow older they do not identify as men or women and they don't describe themselves as transgender either in one area are said to have been around
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for centuries it as we see in our next report today they're facing a number of challenges. it's friday in santiago neal to pack and diana chaos is getting ready to go for a drink with friends. both people born with male bodies but here. at home they often take on traditional female roles but they're not viewed as women either share often confuses transgender but their identity is unique to the region and cities to be more in other communities move said to be less accepted and more discriminated against and it's said that this region is the new ship paradise when it really isn't there's a lot of discrimination and violence it's still necessary to work hard to change the way people treat us and it was here yesterday for. the me share an inseparable part of this appetite culture life here revolves around family social events and
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keeping the men company despite their long history mexican law doesn't yet recognize them. back in society generally except the new chef say there's still much progress to be made. from a very early age we identify with our feminine side we dress up as women at ten twelve thirteen years of age but we can no longer access secondary school dressed as women so we leave school and devote ourselves to informal trades such as embroideries stylists sex workers and cooks. there's a kind of a glass ceiling over our heads with society won't allow us to advance it all. every year the new sheriff from all over the region to celebrate their identity and the festival of candles they wear traditional dress and dance to compete for the
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title of festival queen. hacker is an example for the rest of. mexico if acceptance and tolerance of gender diversity may still be a lot of work to do for the people here the existence of a third gender is a way of life. russian sports authorities have been accused of covering up doping tests results from footballers and russia's world cup squad the revelations come just weeks before the term it kicks off in russia investigative reporter heigho sampled helped reveal a state run doping program and russian athletics and now says some of their footballers may have questions to answer. the russian doping scandal may also extend to the national football team russian officials also suspected of covering up test results in the past making samples disappear which had the potential to implicate
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footballers some of whom have been selected for the hosts world cup squad german t.v. channel i r d has a list containing player names and code numbers of doping samples this list is based on information from investigators and intelligence gathered from a two thousand and fourteen raid of the moscow doping control board there the world anti-doping agency water seized samples which contains noticeable findings but have not been investigated further players from the current squad were among them what we labeled the disappearing positive methodology. which is the labs mechanism by which they falsely reported their results according to a r d water has found dozens of irregular test results from russian footballers in the database and passed these on to fever. following a request for comment football's governing body said investigations are under way and they are hoping to report new developments in the coming weeks. i saki now
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and after winning all their matches leading up to the final of the world championships sweden put the icing on the cake by winning it all they defeated switzerland in a nail biting final in copenhagen. the first goal went beyond the dogs no need to try to break the deadlock late in the first period. but the lead did not last long just two minutes later sweden equalised the confused five homes eleven schools. in the second period of a swiss skin broken hand when sagat and team i maya finished off a counter attack to make it to one. but again switzerland couldn't hold on to better advantage sweden piled on the pressure and eventually made it count because if you had to put them level it to wall and that is how was stage for the rest of the game and over time. in the decisive penalty shootout philip forsberg scored for
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sweden but needed guides are missed for switzerland giving sweden the victory disappointment of a swiss who have still never won the world championship close we don't celebrate their level of titles. in tennis rafael nadal overcame german number one and defending champion alexander set of to win the italian open for a record eighth time that all took the first set without hardly breaking a sweat or you seen here are wearing yellow he won them that set six a games to one set of responded in the second sad and turned the tables on the spaniard this time it was six games to one in his favor but the dollar bounced back and won the deciding third set six games to three when means he reclaims a world number one ranking. spanish football star anderson yes that has endured and ended his glittering barcelona career the thirty four year old played his last match for the club on sunday and is now weighing up offers from outside of europe
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in the as the you see here at his farewell party on friday said goodbye after as a game for a bar so a one nil victory over they also say that the fifty he has been an integral part of barcelona success winning nine league titles and. champion plates in two thousand and ten he scored the world cup winning goal for spain and is set to be included in this watch first next month's world cup when it's announced later today. thank you for watching t w news don't forget you can add to our website get every dot com for all the latest news and information around the clock and you can follow us on twitter our handle their act on it was we'll be right back here at the news desk at the top they are. coming.
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