mines. is the state of new year's line from about us wireless powerful military backs president to make duro in his battle for survival a street violence a breaks out between opposition forces security forces the country's defense minister throws the army whites behind the door. also on the program growing up behind bars. i don't want him to think his mom's abandoned him and he doesn't understand that she's locked on. the toughest children in prison and with that by those antone allowed out of the way rights groups say many of the mothers have been

jailed for political reasons. i'm phil gal welcome to the program. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has won the backing of the military in his standoff with the opposition leader who has proclaimed himself president the defense minister accused. of leading a coup and said the united states and other governments that have recognized him or waging an economic war against venezuela the government's key ally russia is also standing by a door. who was it was a bold move opposition leader one himself in his venezuela's interim president thousands cheered him on he hopes these words can topple president nicolas maduro his 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 then 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 over. several demonstrators have been reported killed amid clashes with police. authorities clamp down on protesters others a heaping pressure on the dollar and supporting the competent opposition including president trump who staunchly supported one was venezuela's interim president has tweeted announcement set. 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 good aged because mr. president maduro meanwhile hit back at the us by that we need 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 madeira government and one has said that he intends to act as an interim president only until new and fair elections can be held i reporter jennifer communicant says from venezuela and has been following this story for us welcome

i'm how much does the army's backing for president the dollar change things. well it's not too surprising that they've cited to back him i mean historically the army has been the backbone of this government since chavis and the leadership of the upper leadership is very much tied to it so it would it would have been a very shocking development if they had come. against motherwell but this does not rule out the possibility that anybody in the lower ranks of the army would would go with the opposition the opposition made this move as a call for all elements of the army to back it down it could be the leadership or the lower leadership but this this is i guess not very shocking right now what's happening there so we have a one declaring himself to be interim president does he enjoy popular support across the country. where we can say the finity of leave that he has the support of

the opposition and its voters and its supporters in venice where has his in the last two years not had a lot of public opinion polling it's doesn't have a lot of independent media so it's hard to say oh who would support the opposition that would in turn support why though but what we can say is that some of the polling has shown that i roughly twenty to thirty percent of venezuela support my guru so in this sort of my jordi. big segment probably supports the opposition in turn why though but it's hard to say because we don't have a lot of polling data but first sure we can sorry now is that the opposition and their supporters are firmly behind him so russia has come out with strong support for president. just outlined moscow strategic interests. for moscow venice was turned into the voice against the u.s. in the region and venezuela really needs russia at this time because it is the one

of the major world powers that is behind it and but also russia has heavy investments in venezuela's crumbling oil. industry and so they have the oil industry that they're heavily invested in they also sell have sold weapons and as recently as december a bomb or they've been livered as well so they may have weapons they have they have the oil industry and again politically they get a lot of support from venezuela against the united states it is the most interesting and most important for russia that been a so they remain a counterweight to the united states in the region very clear thank you very much for joining us and jennifer communicate zob as well thank you thank you for the last couple of hours the u.s. secretary of state has been addressing this issue d.w. correspondent to bash white in washington can tell us more welcome on a what did mike compare say. this whole situation has been

a big triumph for the trump administration in general because they've taken a very hard line against by their own really from the time when they came into office and today pompei ok mout reinforcing what the president said yesterday calling for more support for the new interim president calling them a drove regime illegitimate saying that the u.s. were going to pledge twenty million u.s. dollars in aid and also warning against the use of force against these mass demonstrations that are happening in caracas russia has warned the united states against backing but doro and intervening in venezuela presumably washington isn't looking into military intervention at this stage. well we did hear donald trump last night say that quote all options are on the table and he did he was specifically asked if that means that the military option was being considered and he said something on lines of nothing's being considered but all options as always

are on the table so while i don't think the u.s. is necessarily eager to rush in and have a military intervention it is something that they are willing to threaten in order to support their and so they're much weight in washington thank you. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world pope francis is in panama to celebrate world youth day the catholic church is a new celebration has brought an estimated one hundred fifty thousand people from around the globe to parliament in his address the pump have spoken out against corruption and urged public officials in the region to live a simple honest transparent lives. and the presidents of the democratic republic of congo has used his inaugural speech to call for reconciliation felix to cicada was sworn in at the presidential palace in front of an audience of thousands he succeeds just have to baylor who was in power for eighteen years so the election

was marred by allegations of fraud the transition of power has been largely peaceful. of course in ukraine has sentenced former president viktor yushchenko bitch to thirteen years in prison for treason he was tried in absentia the court said mr young which seen here in uk highfalutin had opened the door to russia's annexation of crimea and the conflicts in eastern ukraine he fled to russia in twenty fourteen following mass protests against his gun. relation has a new king sultan abdullah of pa was elected following the surprise abdication of his predecessor so to mohammed the fifth the first came to advocate in the country's history malaysia has a unique mana kate where the role rotates between hereditary rulers every five years why shouldn't people be with them on a turkey is currently holding about seven hundred children in prison according to human rights groups after their mothers were convicted on what activists say are

mostly political grounds one of these children is two year old may ross is mother is a kurdish activist he was jailed in the city of gab say on charges of spreading terrorist propaganda there as lives with his mom in a single cell alongside twelve other women they don't lose your good looks at the children living behind bars you only experience freedom at the weekend. saturdays the day the fathers pick up their children at the gates of the gives a prison the little ones can spend a day or two in freedom. as acrobat takes his two year old son mira's home every weekend the total is already gotten used to leaving his mother behind. the other for a kurds mira's 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 third. act the 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 mira's and his mother gorilla stand and now sharing this bank in a cell with over a dozen other inmates. near us has only a small concrete prison yard to play in. so the first place mira's 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 you. currently over seven hundred small children are thought to be living with their mothers in turkish prisons the figure comes from the few known. governmental organizations i built to work with the affected families they said that for the state these children don't exist. in. the present or 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. the weekend is over 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 their cell with. the course looking there at the mercy of their cell mates tolerance. they might complain if the matter ask ryans at night. fifteen women sleep in one cell things like that tend to haunt you. he doesn't want mirrors to notice that he's worried they say their goodbyes at the gibson prison gates. either come on we're going to mama. you. behind the gate or his father has to hand him over to god once again. a search for missing. has been called off the decision comes three days after the plane carrying him from france to wales disappeared from radar near the channel

islands despite. no trace of the plane and save the chances of survival i strained to propose. to city last weekend to travel to the french city of new to say goodbye to his former teammates he also revealed the voice message in which he said he risk . despite calling off the search authorities are hopeful of finding the missing aircraft we are not closing this incident. and we are continuing with. two ships. which are passing through the area. for anything which may be linked to the missing. let's let's move on you know what. still to come and just about to trade talks take center stage at the world economic forum a full coverage from our business team on the way. back. with more off the day so

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