invent its way the opposition leader one kwaito has declared himself the country's interim president and has been recognized by the united states and several south american nations venezuela's military has positioned itself behind socialist president nicolas maduro he has accused the opposition of carrying out a coup and says he's severing all diplomatic ties with the u.s. . turkish president rich of tayyip out of one says he and russia's vladimir putin

are on the same page regarding a planned safe zone in northern syria the safe zone would be a buffer between turkey and kurdish fighters who everyone sees as terrorists at the talks in moscow the pair vowed to coordinate their actions more closely on syria. u.s. president donald trump's former attorney michael cohen has postponed his plan testimony to congress cohen had been due to testify early next month lawyers cited threats against cohen's family by president trump as the reason for the delay. german chancellor angela merkel has made an impassioned appeal for multilateralism speaking at the world economic forum in davos switzerland she said that global threats such as climate change could only be tackled together in the not so who's up with. the german chancellor angela merkel yesterday she was the state's woman in. friend to

france lending her signature to secure the core of european peace today before business and politics global elites she spoke as the pastor's daughter offering the golden rule as a twenty first century going to geopolitics do unto others in a world with presidents who promise to do for themselves first golf in berlin this is the day. europe is on a journey for which there is no guarantee of success. we must all live with the shock that britain wants to leave the european union. we're facing populist challenges and nationalist forces and we have to fight them. here and i will fight to ensure that a multilateral order doesn't end with the e.u. .