this is the dope news line from poland a power struggle in venezuela position leading to class him self president juan why don't was also head of the country's national assembly says he's not the country's legitimate leader as hundreds of thousands take to the streets to demand the president majority leave office also on the program president by this way because overshadow the pope's visit to nearby connemara where he's expected to champion human rights of world youth day called it could resonate in caracas. presidents

and i'm blowed collagen china security services target for far less than what looks like retaliation for the arrest of a senior executive in congress. i'm still got a welcome to the program let us weigh the house and uncharted political territory the country's opposition they don't want to i don't know how has declared himself interim president he made the move joining the wife of street protests against socialist president nicolas maduro he's won the support of the united states on several latin american neighbors but the government's key ally russia has said that it stands by the door of why don has described the president's rule as a dictatorship that has plunged the nation into economic chaos. it was a bold move opposition leader one quite small himself in his venezuela's in to impress. didn't thousands cheered him on he hopes these words can topple president

nicolas maduro government was the aim is ending this usurpation and this treasonous government and holding free elections if this happens then let god and the nation reward us. why doe's declaration comes as hundreds of thousands rallied across town as well in support of his opposition. they call president maduro's government illegitimate blaming him for the country's economic collapse. but has protests continued violence took hold. several demonstrators have been reported killed amid clashes with police. while dorothy's clamp down on protesters others a heaping pressure on the dollar and supporting the competent opposition including president trump who staunchly supported his venezuela's interim president his

tweeted announcement said venezuelans have spoken out against madeira and his regime and demanded freedom and the rule of law but russia has thrown its weight behind the door over saying that he is the legitimate president and it want the us not to stage an external intervention. you can just salute who are especially concerned about the signals which are now being received from some countries about possible interference we call on those countries to forget such thoughts it's a good cause and so probably. president maduro meanwhile hit back at the u.s. by bowing to cut all ties with washington and told all u.s. diplomatic staff to leave the country within seventy two hours a demand the white house rejects the opposition says it has the claim to defend the country from the mature a government and one has said that he intends to act as an interim president only

until new and fair elections can be held i wore on this from a man well he's a venezuelan journalist who also themselves in the latin american institute since free university welcome to d w so we have one country two presidents which of these is commanding the popular support across the country. of core is one where the newcomer of the bennetts well in politics command in this huge movement not only in minutes well not only in the capital city in caracas so although in a small town near the sea it is all over to the to the contrary and also outside the country here in berlin we saw just through a huge demonstration in door in the us in london everywhere so they knew ben is well and they asked for fourteen also. and what about the army were they back this is the big question and we don't know what is happening inside the army but maybe

we could see is new movement in the next times maybe the next hours of the movement in the army and this is the day the only support of this dictatorship is the army so there was no people behind the army is the is just the there. only way to stay in the program it's ok but if they haven't moved yet should we assume that they are they are backing the dura. at the time yes yes the dark mates of the big commands of their me are supporting my guru but we are not sure we how long if you stay in this in these but in this position so as we see the pressure of the outside so did most important democracy not the america i recognise in white bill as the new president and is it to be is a new game of position in this in this chess its i mean if you talk about this this

is almost like it's a popular revolution but is that support among the american countries is universal if they all back him no i thought i thought it was seven at the last count yes so can i let him or america we talk about america canada us and mexico is in the maze of those the rest of the democracies in latin america and in america are supporting the new the new president i recognize in white though i see a newly president in minnesota so it is and new a new stage in this in this conflict in minnesota who will see how it's a good talking to you thank you so much for joining us from rome so thank you for. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world the new president of the democratic republic of congo felix to take a day has used his inaugural speech to call for reconciliation he was sworn in at

the presidential palace in front of thousands of all new because he succeeds joseph kabila who was in power for eighteen years though the election was spoiled by allegations of fraud the transition of power has been largely peaceful. u.s. president donald trump says he's first posting his state of the union address until after the partial government shutdown is over this follows a standoff with the house of representatives speaker nancy pelosi who said the house would not provide the traditional space for the speech until the shutdown was done. and malaysia has a new king sultan abdullah who was elected following the surprise application of these precepts of assault mohammed the fifth the first came to abdicate in the country's history malaysia has a unique monarchy where the role of rotates between his registry rulers every five years five years with a. couple iran's retrenched in venezuela might overshadow the pope's visit to nearby panama one of the countries that has recognized venezuela's new interim

leader pope francis is in panama to celebrate world youth day in front of an expected audience of about two hundred thousand and eleven message of compassion and human rights and speaking to fans of migrants. anything for a glimpse of the first latin american pope. on the boulevards of panama capital as the excitement was palpable. sublimation it's my first time seeing the pope's a place it's such a great experience i feel blessed. and i feel great happiness it's really great that everyone is on the streets and people from abroad are here all the cultural. common space so it's really good food as hacienda but i can see it them waving yeah yeah 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. well the admissions are indescribable it's a brief moment but of joy a fulfillment of having the pope that he is not an american and thinks and talks

like us i feel he is very close and parts of my life latin american i was. five pope francis will officially open world youth day later on thursday. have some experts describing it as hostage politics and just in just over a month a full western men have been targeted by china security services the latest arrest is that of australian young hang john who was detained while visiting china days before chinese courts sentenced a canadian robert lloyd schellenberg to death for drug smuggling and delayed last year two other canadians a former diplomat michael covel on the businessman michael stipe well arrested and charged with. espionage the timing of these detentions is significant following a state to china's arrest of a chief financial officer. she's wanted by the united states spot for violating

sanctions against china china design whose its background on foreigners is retaliation for the rest but beijing's actions have been met with fierce international condemnation. is this the latest pawn in a global power game spy novelist and blogger young from june was a chinese diplomat before he became an australian citizen he flew from new york to last week where he mysteriously dropped off the grid friends raised the alarm when he couldn't be contacted. china at first denied all knowledge of his whereabouts but now officials have confirmed young is in residential detention in beijing and has been charged with endangering state security. australia is demanding consular access at the earliest opportunity it's also seeking urgent clarification as to whether young's detention is linked to canada's a wrist of top quality executive mung one joe in december. china has detained

several foreigners since then widely seen as retaliation. for a stray in foreign minister marie spain sees no evidence of a connection for the moment i would be concerned if there was any indication of that so we are calling on the chinese authorities to ensure that this matter is dealt with transparently and fairly. easy a friend of young says the arrest is clearly linked to what he calls beijing's hostage diplomacy because of the of the case. i believe they are us in this whole. exercise. the government on the government. and government as well. all in this one one one zero. china's recent detention of foreign nationals is straining its international relations but beijing appears determined to play hardball in

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