i am indeed. this is d. w. news coming to you live from but in a power struggle in venezuela the opposition needed the kills himself president hundreds of thousands take to the streets to demand president nicolas maduro leave office the head of the opposition one why though since he's the country's only legitimate leader a move back to father united states. with those events over shot of the pope's visit to nearby panama he's expected to championship one drives at the globe

a huge day a clarion call that could dress a nation in caracas. and rights groups accused turkey of cheating seven hundred children while their mothers are so volatile politically motivated convictions we meet one talk to growing up behind bars and only allowed out on the weekends. or and. how to welcome a moment that she good to have you with us. venezuela is in uncharted political territory off the country's opposition leader though the kid himself interim president why though made the move as thousands took to the streets of caracas to protest against president nicolas maduro the declaration was swiftly recognized by the u.s. and other countries why those said it was time to end what he called mcdougal's

dictatorship. he hopes these words can topple then as well as government opposition leader one why to swear himself in as interim president as thousands cheered him on. the. game is ending this usurpation and this treasonous government and holding free elections if this happens then let god and let the nation reward us and if not then let them demand otherwise. quite those declaration com says hundreds of thousands rallied across venezuela to support the opposition. they call president maduro government illegitimate and blame him for their country's economic collapse. but as their protests continued deadly violence spread. several demonstrators have been reported killed amid clashes with police. while authorities clamp down on

protesters venezuela's opposition is getting fresh support elsewhere president trump joined a growing list of leaders who say they recognize one quite oh has been as well as interim president trump tweeted the announcement and wrote venezuelans have spoken out against madeira and his regime and demanded freedom and the rule of law. my president maduro has hit back by vowing to cut all ties with washington he told all u.s. diplomatic staff to leave the country within seventy two hours but demand the white house rejects wasn't out of venezuela they go enough interventionism there is dignity here and here there are people to defend this law and my god. but the opposition says they have the claim to defending the country from them

a drug government. one cried joe says he intends to act as interim president only until new and fair elections can be held. the member states in what's called the lima group that's a platform of south and north american nations seeking a peaceful resolution to the venezuela crisis have offered their views on the changing situation here's what some of them had to say. i want to express that colombia recognizes one goal i do as president of venezuela and supports this transition process towards democracy so the venezuelan people are liberated from dictatorship. but i could blow in as well arnold said you had a. movie. i have recognized why and why go as venezuelan president. you will brazil together with all other countries comprising that is. which are recognizing this fact we will give all political support to take this

process to an end to this you so let me say on behalf of canada that we recognize and express our full support for the interim presidency of venezuela assumed by the president of the national assembly one guy though in compliance with the constitution of venezuela and we the members of the lima group are preparing a fuller written statement which we hope will come out very soon it's an important day for venezuela and i'm grateful for the solidarity of the lima group in speaking out on this. the three should point out the three states in the lima group that's mexico guyana and st lucia have not joined the joint declaration in support of kwan though as venezuelan president also russia has not come out in strong support of nicolas maduro and as well in the u.s. against intervening militarily in venezuela it's a fossil moving situation did obvious cause foreign office lanka joins me now from

caracas also it's early morning where you are what's the latest situation and that is that in the capital. well just yes just like we've seen on monday and tuesday fim and last night we saw protests develop in the barrios of clubs the popular regions of that list that have never before aggressively protested against childless or mongrel are now doing so and being violent to a crest there has been at least one dead last night and that adds to the fifteen that have died in the past two days since these protests started but in other parts of the country we've seen civilians digging to the streets burning which i was and senators owned by the united socialist party so on we are seeing an escalation of conflict in the region in venezuela and that's going to us is supporting the opposition leader one why don't but as we heard russia has come out of the strong support of president nicolas maduro how will this confrontation influence events in

minnesota. well it's it's. it's very difficult it's not surprising that russia gives their support two months ago a few months ago they paraded to russia given to them this will let and then since the picture russia might think you well have important economic interest among those were supporting charice and now among the politically are going for exploiting oil and mining in the amazon basin oh there's interest put in jeopardy with a new government but it's a way that was becoming a risky task for us as well just by liberal diplomatic relations whether. this were to stand in this way look and we are now in the middle of what people medics you know that it's difficult to predict what will happen in the next couple of days and the obvious that will receive a critical in venezuela any indication of which side they're supporting in this standoff. it's obvious that the generals the higher military commanders

will support motherhood. for the past twenty years since i was becoming president we've become a militarized country and some analysts call it a coexistent government. or generals and commanders have control they could not and political control over different aspects of everyday life and what is left from imported food. that somehow mention drug trafficking so there are economic interests. and for the military or the support of iraq and also a lot of them are being investigated in international courts for crimes against human rights so they are there are definitely going to stop by the middle till the end or they can face consequences now the parliaments and the national assembly on the one went off that's offered an amnesty to those military that support the new government but there's hoping to see what will happen with that were submitted once

here a statement from the minister of defense today and. we're still expecting to see what will happen with that situation rights a fluid situation in caracas thank you very much for that update. and i do apologize for the quality of that line to caracas and the events in venezuela could overshadow the pope's visit to nearby panama one of the countries which has recognized the new interim leader the pontiff is in panama to celebrate was hughes david some two hundred thousand young worshippers expected to attend the pope is due to deliver a message of compassion and human rights to the faithful enough in america and also focus on my dreams. anything for a glimpse of the first latin american pope. on the boulevards of panama capital as some see only excitement was palpable. which i will see a lot of emotion it's my first time seeing the pope's a place it's such

a great experience i feel blessed. and so if you think of it i feel great happiness it's really great that everyone is on the streets and people from abroad are here all the cultural share a common space so it's really good food ask us again i would like to see it their way being. pope francis is here in panama to preside over world youth day the catholic church's yearly celebration that's brought an estimated one hundred fifty thousand participants from around the world. but the focus will likely be on the entire region francis has previously spoken of the plight of central american migrants and human rights have been a major theme of his papacy meanwhile the political crisis in venezuela is escalating with instability possibly driving even more people to leave that country in the coming days according to de w.'s latin american correspondent francis will also talk about the migration crisis from venezuela and the political crisis in

young people from those two countries have come here to panama to hear some words of encouragement from francis. for many here though his presence transcends politics. have. well v.m. nations are indescribable it's a brief moment but of joy of fulfillment of having a pope that he has lost in america and thinks and talks like us i feel he is very close and parts of my life in american. i hope francis will officially open world youth day later on thursday. overnight to christophe n o one spot if an international executive is stepping down just tough talk about karl is gone i have already been fired from top positions at nissan and mitsubishi now mr goen has resigned as chairman and c.e.o. of french carmaker renault the move comes ahead of

a board meeting at which his successor was to be appointed the embattled car executive is currently in jail in tokyo while he waits trial mr goen is accused of financial misconduct his fall from grace has called into question the future of the nissan right omits additional lines which he forged. now the world economic forum in davos german chancellor angela merkel joined world leaders and openly criticizing protectionism she said efforts to combat global problems from an economic slowdown to tensions over trade and migration would only work if quote we were able to compromise as a positive example she cited a free trade deal between the european union and japan that will take effect february first japanese prime minister shinzo warned of the risk of u.s. china trade frictions and said that tit for tat trade measures are of no benefit. is there. the trade frictions between the u.s.

and china the world's two top economies is impacting global trade routes shaping the they'll talk about the trade they're all affected in some way or could be affected eventually as an economist told me this. morning we could see global effects from this trade war for decades from now which sounds pretty dramatic but we're talking about the top two were colonies facing off against each other and they're not only companies caught in the crossfire but whole countries like australia for example which is waged between beijing and washington up at the finance minister from a straight you call them with us what is that like being stuck between the two we don't see it that way we obviously have a longstanding friendship strategic alliance and try to an investment relationship with the united states and in more recent times china has become almost important to try to impart all of it to you we are committed and we believe we can continue to maintain good relations both with the united states and with china you may see

it that way but you sure are feeling the effects of this trade war i mean we're seeing the first signs of a recession something most of trade ins wouldn't even know what it is because you've had what twenty seven years of positive growth how are you planning to head off a recession you know. a straight economy continues to grow and we expect to see an economy to continue to grow we are into our twenty i think of a continuous growth above three percent growth for i mean what we expect moving forward the unemployment rate is down to five percent why disclose the starting to pick up yes i mean there are global economic headwinds are very mindful of that the downside risks are very mindful of that to the extent that they tried attentions we certainly would like to see the result of a very encouraged by the progress and certainly the momentum that was generated in borders arizona right at the g twenty leaders summit between president trump and president jeeping so like others very interested in seeing any tri tensions resolved in an orderly fashion as soon as possible you still planning to write

a budget surplus after a decade of deficits isn't that a bit late when we came into government five years ago we inherited a weakening economy rising unemployment in a rapidly deteriorating budget position today that the economy is stronger the growth. looks better employment growth is strong the unemployment right below where it was and to support it would be and indeed the budget is in a stronger improving position and forecast definitely shows that we expect to return to surplus in twenty nineteen twenty if you look at our last two financial years performance has been materially better than what was for cost in our last two budgets and certainly we haven't seen any data that would contradict what we expect will happen into the future well i don't want to correct you but when i look at the figures i see weak wages slowing housing rising debt couldn't life get difficult for your embattled pm scott morrison his view on the scene well let me tell you why just growth would be much lower if we hadn't implemented our jennifer stronger

growth and more jobs i mean by any measure the unemployment right at five percent is right below where it was when we came into government well below that people thought it would hit given the circumstances we inherited and indeed the more recent data shows that why just grow this picking up i mean if we continue to increase the level of employment in australia which we expect will happen in the libel supply continues to tighten up of course we will expect just to continue to increase i mean to be an election in a few months time we will be putting how it could we could send a forward the would be putting this forward and just trying people get to decide that it's democracy straight in finance minister mathias cormann thank you very much or is good to talk to. his bent his own reporting from the world economic forum there and some news from the tech world microsoft search engine being has been blocked in china it's the latest u.s. technology service to land on the wrong side of the country's so-called great fire wall other online giants like facebook twitter and google are also inaccessible

china's tighten its control of the internet in recent years shutting down thousands of websites and deleting millions of posts to contain quote vulgar content authorities have also cracked down on the use of virtual private networks which hide users' ip. that's a spectrum. thanks very much christophe if you bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the world u.s. president donor promise will postpone his state of the union address until after the partial government shutdown is over the announcement follows a standoff with the house of representatives speaker nancy pelosi who'd announced that the house would not provide the traditional space for the speech during the shutdown. beijing's foreign ministry says it has detained a chinese australian writer on national security challenges young german who was living in new york was detained after flying to china last week security charges

often leveled at critics of the ruling communist party and often with little hard evidence provided. supporters of the full mcgovern celebrating his early release from a prison term for blasphemy christian basuki. mosque was also known as. jakarta's first non muslim governor in fifty years is blasphemy conviction in two thousand and seventeen was seen as a test of indonesia's religious tolerance. the european union's chief brags that they go see it is due in berlin today for talks with the german chancellor angela merkel michelle obama is expected to flesh out plans with angela merkel how to handle the impasse over great britain's would rule from europe last night bania give little encouragement to westminster setting out a tough stance on the impending briggs' a deadline. well pushing a new deal and we not don't know who did it from up here at the end of march.

to stop new diden the majority for another solution we need to emerge to do objective of the political course traditions that there is a may a stunt to do and we'll sincerely hope that this process will be successful. let me join our correspondents in brussels we have got motus and in berlin hans ron welcome to both of you neal let me start with you will they even not bunch even to avoid a hard drag sit you for the chief press and negotiator michele dunne year good deal is on the table that is the conviction not just of bunya but also of twenty seven e.u. member states a deal better than its reputation and so it's not really a question of goodwill here but also of pure interests of these twenty seven member states that they will not just throw further concessions on the table because it

would simply threaten the integrity of the internal market if you want as a third country which the u.k. would become all the benefits you also have to take the up again they come pack in parcel and conscious terry pick how michelle obama is expected in berlin today or will the german chancellor back his position look at use a little ya know. ok dylan coming your way out for yourself as well as the foreign minister have been saying in recent days that it is up to the great up to great britain after the british government and the british parliament to put a positive proposal on the table they have so far been criticized for refusing all the deals that have been offered but have not really been able to formulate a viable alternative and marco anti-communists the foreign minister have been saying in recent days the days the ball is in the court of the of the british

government and the british parliament that side has to make a proposal how to get out of the same pass i think from the german side this front of the twenty seven e.u. members that has just been talking about it will remain in movable gilks of that evil is being very firm on this position on the brakes that issue but ghana do nothing to head today's emmy out of this impasse i think hans existed described it exactly as it is the feeling of brussels is britain has mainly negotiated with itself and so even if brussels or the e.u. the e.u. twenty seven member states would be ready to throw further concessions for instance on the controversial backstop of the insurance that there will be no hard border between the republic of ireland the northern ireland even if they would say look ok let's that's put a time limit on that something that is unthinkable at the moment the feeling is even that wouldn't help because it is the backstop sets. the e.u. and the u.k.

on to a soft breck's it sets the tracks for a soft breaks and that is something that heartbreak city has do not want so brussels really is looking for the u.k. to make the next step right judge mathis in brussels and hans brandt in berlin thank you both very much for your perspectives. turning to turkey now where human rights groups believe some seven hundred children are in prison after their mothers were convicted on what activists say on mostly political grounds one such child is two year old his mother is a kurdish activist jailed on charges of spreading terrorist propaganda meraz lives with her mother and twelve other women in a sale deserve a looks at the children living behind bars who only get a taste of life on the outside on weekends. saturdays the day the father's pick up their children at the gates of the gives a prison. in freedom. takes his two year

old son mira's home every weekend the total is already gotten used to leaving his mother behind. the eye for a kurds mir as his mother has been active for an opposition party with links to the kurds that was enough to get her a four year sentence. we can just be glad to jail isn't that far away. and we can pick the children up now and there. is. a bar has joined up with other fathers whose wives are doing time for political offenses. in my wife's case it was because of social media comments and for that she was sentenced. on terrorist propaganda charges or lawyer told us that normally statements like that shouldn't be liable to prosecution. but they've changed the laws. as

a result of the new anti terrorism laws mirrors and his mother good and now sharing this bunk in a cell with over a dozen other inmates. has only a small concrete prison yard to play in. so the first place near as wants to go to is a playground and play like a normal child for a few hours mere hours will have to get through two years like this. one minute i don't want him to think his mother's abandoning him he doesn't understand that she's locked up we can only hope that he doesn't end up traumatized she. currently over seven hundred small children are thought to be living with their mothers in turkish prisons the figure comes from the few non-governmental organizations able to work with the affected families they say that for the state these children don't exist i. mean the president has

until are not at all qualified to respond to the needs of small children. and the government can't even tell us which prisons have children in them and how many. weekend. now mira's has to return to his mother in prison the separation is always hard for jen . he's worried what will be in store for his son in there this time and who will his wife and child have to share this cell with. the mercy of their cell mates tolerance. they might complain if crying is at night . fifteen women sleep in one cell things like that.

he doesn't want to notice that he's worried they say they goodbyes at the gibson prison gates. we're going to mama. behind the gate his father has to hand him over to god once again. that report by the. tennis and better quit over has reached the australian open final her first grand slam final since the day she was stabbed during a break in at her home by burglars over two years ago now the czech eighth seed. this american that will call ins in straight sets a midstream heat in melbourne which forced the court roof to be close to two of will meet japan a u.s. open champion and they all meet osaka in saturday's final. it was in the news let me remind you the top story that you're following field in venezuela opposition to

the climate has declared himself the country's interim president he was fifteen recognized as such by the united states and several south american countries. did his or the us military in contrast to so for so far that president nicolas maduro. that's it for now much more in a web site that the dot com you can also follow some twitter as well as on facebook that's it for me on the thought she must and the diving news team as you again and how to not look forward to that somebody.

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