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indeed. this is the w. news live from venezuela's president says he survived a drone attack in the capital on holiday don't you know if the. president nicolas maduro was to be ginger in a military parade when the last one was a widow is blaming it on me as president of the alleged attack plus the latest from also coming up. tens of thousands rally in israel against a new law which they say marginalize is wrong jews this time and this hope one of
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israel's best integrated minorities the truth instead of straight saying against government policy. and process this face also with counter demonstrates is that the headquarters of the united states is most powerful gun lobby our correspondent takes us into the thick of things. i'm not all free glad you could join me. venezuela president nicolas maduro has survived what he calls an assassination attempts carried out with explosive laden drugs during a minute's reaper eight and that's had advised to dress just hours off of the instant my daughter blames the attack on colonias president juan manuel santos as well as all that his way is right with all physician and financial backers in florida for its part colombia has to not use any involvement they have this look at
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how the alleged attack on the whole it by. in full flow suddenly cut short this footage broadcast live on state television shows the moment when an apparent explosion rocked the military parade sending hundreds fleeing on foot to. the government declared it an assassination attempt. on a monitor which i don't want to see on the explosions were heard which we have established as coming from multiple drone idea. of the fact of what i want to get people to put out that they will not think it was an attempt on the life of the president of venezuela nicolas maduro we've got a new idea but to put everyone he's the attack has failed or that it all out of sort of complete i mean. just hours later mudra gave a defiant speech speculating that the incident was
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a right wing conspiracy with ties abroad into the channel i mean ten thousand or so i see not a movie there has been an attempt to assassinate me. i have no doubt that this all points to the extreme right and then to sway law and in alliance with the right in colombia and that colombia's president one man was santos is behind this attempt i have no doubt. the socialist president has often accused the right wing opposition of plotting a coup but as the economy continues to weaken widespread protests have become one of the biggest threats to my duros administration. well we're joined now by correspondent also gosh lanka who's in the venezuelan capital caracas welcome all sky now venezuela's government says this alleged attack on my daughter involved drones on to the explosives that fire fighters well they've disputed that they say gases senator explained it what concrete facts are that
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about this well the only facts we are get council eyewitnesses that reported seeing a flying object explode near the stairs were president rather who was speaking and also the remains of an explosion a gas cylinders in a nearby are hartman's other than that there is a video that we're seeing where it's really not clear what's going on now the government has revealed evidence that backs their claim because there's a lot of skepticism to bear in their claim that it was how this was president he claims to have had over fifty assassination plots against a mother and his career has claimed over twenty assassination plots but this is the first time we see one actually play out if it is an elaborate lie that the evidence would be able to improve their credibility but for now we have not seen much also we understand there's been some claims of involvement and responsibility tell us about those yes there's a group kong that she shouldn't soldiers that put out
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a memo on social media claiming responsibility on the attack and calling the operation phoenix these say they're backed by the constitution and that they are planning to change the government if you're going to spoil it but there's really no way to verify that it is an actual claim some journalists have backed it up but it is still unclear if this is an actual claim of responsibility for these actions circlet from the so-called. soldiers maduna says that some of those allegedly involved have been arrested do we know who they are. we don't know much of who they are we know that there's at least four people arrested after the attack some. leaders of the government have said that they were arrested trying to flee.
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after the bombs exploded but there's not much information other than that and what the president said in his speech last say accusation seconding at the moment the little evidence at this stage have we had from the accused well the opposition has been very quiet. and this is the situation but there is. one of the groups the opposition groups has says that they are very worried that there's more accusations that investigations about this action and they are saying that there there are claims you change the story from it is constitutional and as should be made such is not violence actions against the government. my daughter play this kind on piano so back as in florida why would these parties want him killed as he alleges. well he alleges that these parts want to
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kill him because of the new economic measures that he's putting in place a minister that's let's remember that in just a few weeks we have a new currency that's going to be put out you're going to swear like that and also new measures horror gas and gasoline prices so he says that that's one of the claims while. this far right groups would want to kill but some people are worried that what this will do is have consequences against the colombian but that's one order and obviously which hunt against some of the opposition people still here but it's what also in the venezuelan capital caracas thank you for your reporting and analysis. or of course the breaking news just coming in indonesia has issued a tsunami warning following a powerful seven point zero magnitude earthquake the quake struck off the north
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coast of the island of long book there have been no immediate reports of casualties and other quake hit the ident last week and killed at least sixteen people. turning out to israel where tens of thousands of people have been protesting in tel aviv against a controversial new nor the demonstration was organized by the country's druze minority they say the little marginalizes non jewish people in the country many directed their anger at israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu. bibi go home not the cry from some of the tens of thousands of people who turned out to protest against israel's contentious nation state legislation a law which essentially defines israel first and foremost as a jewish state arabs make up a fifth of the population and the trees a much smaller minority say the new law also sidelines them but.
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we are here to send a clear message to the israeli government we will not settle down for nothing less then equal rights as this trial is serious hits the nation state law declares israel the exclusive homeland of jewish people its single sake he korea's the state language effectively prioritising it about arabic which has for decades been recognized as an official language to its spoken by the trees who make up just two percent of the population people asked us to consider ourselves we considered ourselves as israeli druze when he did that is not an end of the religious state of the un not the jewish we us because our government and the organ in but members of the knesset to delete these will not go click this law to delete this law from the history. the trees have risen to high office in the military and politics
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since the one nine hundred fifty s. now you more than sixty years on they are fighting to retain the recall the city and achieve it for other minorities in israel. and now some of the other stories making news around the world police in switzerland have confirmed that twenty people were killed off for a vintage airplane crashed in the swiss south on saturday the world war two aircraft smashed into a mountainside as an altitude of around two thousand five hundred meters after taking off from the. plane was carrying seventeen passengers three crew. the. wildfires have kicked off in southern portugal over one of the hottest weekends on rec or food the iberian peninsula hundreds of firefighters were said to battle the blaze with the assistance of water bombing aircraft europe wide heat wave has been especially severe in portugal and spain with some of his exceeding forty five
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degrees celsius on saturday. in the us protesters have demonstrated at the headquarters of the national rifle association against the group's role in blocking stricter gun control laws protest is called the tougher background checks for buys of guns and a ban on assault weapons but supporters of the powerful gun lobby also came to voice their opposition against such restrictions they don't care which then reports from fairfax virginia. in a polarized national debate a rare display of the two sides talking to each other but both are holding their ground. you know put property over life which is a crime no it's not good you know news i'm sure you are going back you know everybody forces necessary to hold on to the reader for my home i don't know as we don't it's a heated discussion as protesters and counter protesters clashed over the role of guns in the united states but this is
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a stop on the margin of our lives national road trip that's been aimed at raising awareness about gun violence and registering people to vote as you can see it's a smaller protest than some of the ones we've seen earlier this year but the location is important we're here right in front of the national rifle association which they blame for buying off politicians. across a police barricade and are a supporters say it's people not guns that are the problem they don't want any restrictions on their ability to carry such weapons it's someone who doesn't follow the law because we face the criminals don't fall the law comes out and decides to hurt me or anyone else in the group i want to have adequate protection to help those kind of people and guns are the great equalizer it's you know if i'm up against a two hundred fifty pound man i cannot physically defend myself without some form of you know self-defense weapon. but showing up wearing guns is horrifying for students who have seen their classmates gunned down before their eyes i'm not
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saying you know take away all their guns but i'm like you right there are disregarding like the laws everyone who like lost their lives in america to gun violence and like this is like disrespectful. walking all over was a student who died in the mass shooting at a high school in parker in florida earlier this year he was gunned down by an air fifteen by someone who was known to be a threat today's his eighteenth birthday we're not going to forget about him because this shouldn't be happening i shouldn't have to hold this post or he should be here with us with elections just three months away there's no sign of compromise gun control advocates will have to make good on their promise to vote out politicians who support the n.r.a. . fifty one years ago donald campbell's attempt to break his own water speed record ended in tragedy his hydroplane blew but took off from coniston water in england and then somersaulted crashing back into the lake and killing campbell now his daughter gina has breathed new life into the boat and her father's legend.
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an emotional moment for gina campbell. more than fifty years after her father perished in an attempt to set a new water speed record his hydroplane bluebird returns to the water. donald campbell was forty five at the time of his death determines a beach is on record at two hundred seventy six point three mph bluebird plunged into lake coniston in england's like district with devastating effects. now salvaged and restored bluebird has been given a new lease of life for gina it's as if it never left the water. for me walking in here this morning is like a complete deja vu you could turn back the clock fifty five years and this is how i remember bluebird with my father still alive and in order to find glory then following tests in scotland bluebird is even expected to run at speed next year in coniston the setting for that fateful day fifty one years ago it's just it really is making ever since and i hope my dad's looking down. and telling everybody what
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a good job is done and let's see her now float on the water and hear her engines plus a piece of sporting history comes to life as bluebird makes a splash once again. this is the w. news i'm helena humphrey in c.c. . bursts. home two days of species. a hollow words if you can. get those are big changes and most start with small stares became global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world like news that contributes limited use to green energy solutions and resource to show. the community interest has come.
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