this is deja vu news live from berlin venezuelan president nicolas maduro defies calls for new elections that after he allies throw their weight behind his own battle government china russia and turkey all condemning the anti-government protests also coming up in an exclusive d.w. interview germany's foreign minister unveils his plans for his country's two year term on the u.n. security council. plus the soundtrack to poland's political opposition.

like the band big push back against the country's conservative climate doctors and despite attempts by lawmakers to silence them. and move over a football handball fever grips germany as the national team aims to book a place in the final of the world championships. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us venezuela is still in the grip of a bitter power struggle after opposition leader. tried to oust president nicolas maduro western countries are backing quite those bid for new elections but china russia and turkey are all supporting the durazo condemning the nation's ongoing protests. the turmoil in coup. backus has subsided for nigh but

vehicles serve as a reminder of what happened here the day before so since to the streets to demonstrate against the government more than two dozen protesters were killed opposition leader why do declared himself caretaker president and bite and what he called a dictatorship before disappearing to an unknown location. while many western countries agree with quite a material his own international allies have thrown their weight behind his socialist government with megiddo acknowledging the backing of russian president vladimir putin all going up or your better russia gives its full support to the legitimate and constitutional government that i'm precise of his full support for peace and the integrity and sovereignty of venezuela. he told me. president majeur you can count on the unwavering support of russia. and now more

than ever we will be working on bilateral projects to further develop venezuela. on the other side the united states seeks to increase pressure on material by starting his regime of funds. so what we're focusing on today is disconnecting the illegitimate euro regime from the sources of its revenues we think consistent with their recognition no one quite zero is the constitutional interim president of venezuela that those revenues should go to the german government in washington ordered some of its diplomatic staff to leave caracas but refused to comply with the fill expulsion as ordered by video meanwhile material has been be affirmed by both the supreme court of the military but why do we didn't shy from commenting on the future in a televised interview from an undisclosed location. do.

you know what is are you also offering amnesty to nicolas maduro. that would have to be looked at he's also a public employee unfortunately though he's also a dictator and responsible for yesterday's victims you know venezuelans on both sides no wait quite his next move. with me here in the studio now is croatian moya from d.w. latin america good morning carol you know. material he's digging in that despite the pressure coming from the u.s. coming from the from europe now as well with the military on his side can he hold on indefinitely that is to big question is the military on his side because there's a fisher the military the military is divided we already saw that early this week when the national guard you probably remember that they had like a revolt out of back us and that was one of those signs that show as of that the military is not really talking with one voice even though defense minister in

venezuela said that the military is backing mother will we know that there is a branch in the military that they're backing though so that is a big question are they united or are in big ok they're still getting though all that oil revenue all the cash coming from venice when the oil or oil ninety five percent of those with revenues coming from oil a lot of it's going to the altar a lot of it it's going to the military that's right but there's i mean let's talk about this possible sanctions coming from the united states in the whole oil business that would affect only the military in venezuela but also the people in venezuela because that would mean less cash and more shortages in medicine and in and in food and that would also mean that the united states one who will have half the oil from venezuela and they do need it. does let me bring up some some numbers

in the year two thousand and eight the united states import of iraq one a half million barrels from venezuela oil from venezuela crude oil and in the year two thousand and seventeen it was five hundred thousand it's still a lot the united states needs to this also that would affect the united states the people in venezuela and the military prison trump has tweeted that all options are on the table interviews as well. we rule out u.s. military intervention in venezuela we can't i'm afraid to say that i mean i can't really imagine how the united states would really intervene and have been as i with the with the with military but the steam that we're hearing from the united states from president and also this speech from russia they are again provoking the united states so that might end up in the scenario we don't want to see there the german foreign minister hard to moscow has been in washington and he's laid down germany's position is very clear on that as well an exclusive interview with the w mission or

target we're not neutral on the question of venezuela we're on one glide to side because we have serious difficulties recognizing mcdougal's reelection is this is a feat it's obvious that there were so many irregularities in the election process that we can only speak to a limited degree of a democratic election that's why we're calling for fresh elections for the national assembly to assume responsibility for and for the force of constitutional law to be restored to venezuela we've made that known together with our european partners that's going to be our policy in the coming days and i expect this will be made very clear we are not neutral as regards this question we support what why do is doing your description does for us ok the german foreign minister very clear there carolina but what is germany what is europe doing to bring about the new elections they say that as well as a desperately needs well it's interesting because we saw yesterday that europe brussels is trying to talk with one voice but that was not really cute here because

sweden and denmark a spain they already had a clear plan about who is the legit i'm a president in venezuela all off them also coming from brussels they said they want to see new elections and as a bi they didn't really have an opinion on who is the new president so what he said was really something he wanted to came only from german. we haven't heard this words from the european union. that's on the one side and on the other side we heard to from brussels from the european union early this week that they want to have a round table for a dialogue between the opposition and the us government but that was starting this week a lot of things have happened since then so we don't really know if this round table is still a plan to deal with venezuela or if the european union has has has more ideas we're going to see that perhaps today perhaps next week we hope to hear something from

brussels russia china turkey all backing the der why are they doing this well russia turkey china because they have economic interests they have again this interest in the whole oil business for example in the south america and we see bolivia there also back in venezuela but that is a political alliance the alliance between china russia and the third country west turkey and iran has a that is not really a political one it is much more an economic one russia does not back up the matter is more the socialism in venezuela ok no talk of a political crisis there is also a very real human crisis of migration crisis seven percent of the venezuelan population has left the country is this flow of humanity out of it us we are going to continue under the current conditions probably especially under the current conditions because no one really knows what is going to happen we just talked to a minute ago about a possible military intervention from the united states and that is

a law that will mean more clashes so mean more. so yes probably this is not going to stop now i don't think so early and should more from w. latin america thanks very much for coming in. all staying in the region panama wary global catholic used vessels taking place pope francis has pledged his support for efforts to avoid further suffering in crisis torn by this way the papal spokesman saying that the pontiff was quote praying for the victims and for all the people of venezuela this comes as the pope formally welcome the tens of thousands of pilgrims who flock to panama city for world youth day. and every correspondent ophelia harmes has been attending the gathering in panama city. the pope has urged the youth gathered here to stay united and make themselves heard by their governments he did not talk about the self-proclaimed venezuelan president one way don but he did talk about the challenges that on our president and migration crisis from

venezuela is bringing to the region and he offered the church's help to fight the fears and mistrust this crisis is bringing to neighboring countries after an outbreak of violence in recent days in ecuador against venezuelan citizens the park also talked about the need to fight corruption in this region including his host panama which has been rightly had with corruption scandals and that will be holding elections later this year. ophelia harmes there we're back with new directions in german foreign policy now a moment ago you heard foreign minister harper mosque setting out berlin's position on the venezuela crisis has been visiting the u.s. to mark the start of germany's two year term as a member of the united nations security council in an exclusive interview or did our views all over solid explain how the un role would be a springboard for a new phase in german diplomacy. in this little germany has assumed a seat for two years on the united nations security council what are your plans.

first of all we will take an active role in managing the crises and conflicts are being handled by the security council. and they include syria yemen you create and now venezuela. this is an important task and it's clear that people have expectations of us we're expected to take responsibility and that's something we want to do and that mistake i call it from that there are important topics of her own that we would like to put to the security council for the climate and security is one of those issues that is not getting enough attention and the connection between climate change and security issues is becoming increasingly important we want to put the role and experience of women in war higher on the agenda there is much to do right because the united nations is doing a lot already but we have to do even more because women are often the first to suffer in conflict and women often have special skills that can help settle these conflicts later on. when you need tarion law and humanitarian aid is also important to us many die trying to help others we have to change that and change the legal

framework the biggest issue though is disarmament this is also an issue that has to be discussed with the global community as you can see we have many initiatives in talking points that are important to us and which the security council have to consider is that the shots have to listen to it it was united states and russia are the odds over many issues at the moment but it is said that the security council's ability to act is therefore limited you've just met the foreign ministers of both countries what role can germany play. i don't want to pretend to be more important than we really are but i have spoken with foreign minister lavrov in moscow as well as with secretary of state compel you in washington there are issues that are not only of interest to the u.s. and russia such as the future of the i.n.f. treaty wherever we can help to create an understanding between them we're happy to do so but it's not just about. russia and the us china also has

a part to play in the issue of disarmament and whole be very active over the coming weeks and months in this regard. was a german foreign minister argo mosse with did abuse over salad in exclusive video of you interview can find out a website as well d w dot com now for some of the other stories making the news today greek lawmakers delayed the ratification vote on a controversy all name change for neighboring macedonia on thursday that by a day as protesters gathered outside the national assembly police fired tear gas the same dozens of demonstrators more rallies are planned for today friday ahead of the. protests raged again across the signees. nation a number of cities throughout the night another demonstrator died in the most widespread rallies since anti-government unrest began last month the twenty four year old was killed in the city of durham on are crowds rallied against sudan's long time ruler omar al bashir rights groups for the death toll at about fifty.

brazil's first and only openly gay congressman gene wheelus announce he's leaving the country after receiving multiple death threats we leased says that the rate of violence against people had increased significantly since right when president higher balsa naro took office. it's topola now where emotions have been running especially high since last month's fatal stabbing of the liberal mare of the dogs the murder has brought to light the political fractures running through polar society no wonder then that rock music has become the latest front in that country's culture wars and adam dark skin from the black metal band behave that has become a point man for critics of the country's conservative climate. is a heavy metal guitarist adam doors he likes to throw his angry weight around he's the provocative frontman of the polish black metal band behemoths. the vehicle for

his political protest. message against. conquering are. two years that it's just driving towards some kind of isolation but a. critic of poland's right wing nationalist government which has little regard for the european union. among his snubs against the ruling law and justice party is this subversive take on biblical themes. parliamentary member of the party even tried to turn key into the police. he just bridge below our criminal law is very very clear insults religion every religion you cannot you know someone's feelings religious feelings and this is what he did. as the band makes last minute

preparations for a concert in warsaw. his performance persona. miracle a baloney indeed he who fights against foreign hostile way. but in this case the hostile countries his own led by what he sees as a regime opposed to his liberal worldview. he wants to judge people into a more open attitude he's controversial unfortunately he doesn't resonate with that many people here. some polls regard the heavy metal rocker as the last artistic voice calling for a more open society. one i'm definitely good at just speaking. my freewheel. but he with an atom tarski are now on tour in europe where they will be looking to continue to spread their message. across all sports now and germany is currently co-hosting the world championships of a sport that many in the english speaking world and if you know your worth that's

and ball arenas have been packed with fans from around the world building here in germany of course out of the country semifinal clash against norway that's tonight . i the main train station in the northern german city of kiel. fans turned out in droves to watch germany's last game here on a big screen they have little doubts about who's going to win the tournament. it's a good take guys are great they're playing brilliantly well can i say we're going to be world champions i know the tournament is shuji popular in germany more people have been following the german team's games on t.v. the top matches in the football bundesliga. that's been what's important for us is that we don't just reach the normal handball fans we want to get all sports fans on board when we want to have everyone in the country talking about the team he was the last game against spain in cologne was completely sold out twenty thousand fans

packed the arena to see germany now really secure victory and top their group. that was amazing really fantastic the atmosphere was electric so many people were screaming and shouting it was brilliant. on friday even the handball party will continue in kiel and across the country fans are hoping germany can win again and book their place in the final over to christophe for their business now and the latest alarm bells for the german economy there are. brian germany's economic growth this year will be considerably lower than originally forecast that's according to new government predictions in its annual economic report out wednesday the government says it expects germany's economy to expand by just one percent in twenty nineteen that marks a sharp drop from the previous prediction last fall government analysts forecast growth of one point eight percent the dive is linked to dribbling exports caused by

global trade disputes the lack of clarity of abraxane the message demand meanwhile is expected to remain intact. britain's exit from the european union has also been keeping attendees of the world economic forum on edge and it is there in davos that division among european leaders became visible most recently austria's chancellor floated the idea of pushing back the brics a date until may meanwhile lithuania's president said she wanted britain out of the e.u. as fast as possible simply to quote solve this mess here's more the landscape around us inspires peace and serenity but on the ground and not just at the world economic forum it's so well devki growing antagonism and polarization a world in need of a more conciliatory approach says the world's top diplomat. if i had to select one sentence to describe the city of the world i would say we are in a world in which global challenges are more and more integrated and the responses

are more and more fragmented and if these is not reversed it's a recipe for disaster. breaks it is a case in point with the e.u. and person no closer to agreeing on a deal for their future relationship with a holiday exit now a distinct possibility the head of the bank of england fears businesses will not be prepared for the consequences systems there are series of logistical issues that need to be solved and it's quite transparent that in many cases they're not so poor infrastructure is not there border infrastructure is not there to the extent that it would need to be for jumping from an absolutely seen worse trade environment to one with friction frictions that while inevitable some say must not be allowed to get in the way of more important long term issues for france's finance minister reinforcing europe is now the priority and we are far more concerned about the

future of europe whole to be more united whole to have a strong continent between china and the u.s. and. and as the impasse continues in britain there's a heated debate among the remaining eight you members about the future of the block . let's get more from our correspondent ben the gathering in davos is drawing to a close today do you think leaders made meaningful progress in addressing the world's most pressing issues. a very good question it's very hard to gauge the chilly winds of isolationism have definitely reached davos this year there are deals being done behind doors between companies and countries botswana is here for the first time india's presence grows every year definitely africa and asia is on the map here amongst investors and everyone is open for business but on the global stage and on the set a stage here the conference center it's

a very different picture we're talking about a trade war protectionism briggs it as well of course i thought it was very interesting to hear from the former secretary of state from the united states john kerry who had so much praise for europe saying europe has the highest standard of living and the environment and education the lowest violence rates but people are putting it at risk and he finds that totally incomprehensible let's talk about that with economists on second side us who is the executive director of the international trade center briggs it is looking more and more likely what would be the ramifications he would have huge consequences and he would be a huge irresponsibility on the side of government says it's like in a family husband and wife divorce without an agreement i have not known any such situation which ends happily so the only thing that should happen now is discard this option from the table and focus on building consensus off on any of the other options on the table at the same time

a trade war is raging on between the top two would connally's with no end in sight where we have the beginning self perhaps a conversation with the united states and china cities around the table if they succeed in building a bit of trust between the two of them then maybe others could join preferably around the world trade organization table and solve the grievances that they all have everybody has grievances about the system of international trade not being up to the standards of the twenty first century and that's fine but then the answer is c. there on that they will find common solutions but the whole system globalization. it's fizzling out well i think liberalization has taken different shapes and it's taken shape in a much more digital way and we do not understand how this digital way is working and certainly we cannot measure it properly and this is why we have the impression that the world is shrinking but in reality the interconnection that globalization brings is taking shape continues to take shape but in a different way today is much more about data exchanges services than it's about

physical goods as in the past so what are you hoping will be achieved at this world economic forum where last year i left with the impression that there was a bit too much complacency and i hope that coming out of the post two thousand and nineteen the message that governments and businesses get is better managing the rest in two thousand and one thousand more resilience to buffer the risks that are already looming on the horizon so as german chancellor angela merkel put it this is all been a wake up call the changes we're seeing in perceptions of how the world should be run and how countries interact is exactly what happened in two thousand and eight hundred was a huge wake up call there were huge tensions not only on the trade side also on the geopolitical side and we also saw masses of people protesting for different reasons some feeling of quality of revenue some having equality of opportunities some simply want to have a voice what we need to do now is responsibly channel this energy into finding solutions to this world in which we live much more interconnected with problems

that have a reach beyond the nation state for which we need more international global multilateral cooperation around to gonzales thank you very much my pleasure. reporting there from davos and strong words from billionaire investor george soros and he has called chinese president jiang ping the quote most dangerous enemy of free societies speaking at an event at the sidelines of the world economic forum he said china's social spreaded system would give mr she told control over his people beijing is currently developing a facial recognition system which missile source says would enable to government to use algorithms to determine how big a threat an individual poses to the regime he also said u.s. tech giants like facebook needed to be reined in for the sake of democracy. and here's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you at this hour and battled

venezuelan leader nicolas maduro has to fight international calls to step down after the military and key allies including russia and china dismissed an attempt to oust him and germany's foreign minister who set out his plan for the country's two year term on the united nations security council he told me that climate change women's rights and this all moment efforts would be key concerns for germany during its tenure. you're watching the news coming to you live from berlin we have a fresh bulletin coming up at the top of the hour in the meantime for all the latest news and information go ahead and check out our web site that's to double you don't go for now from the me and the entire team here in berlin thanks for watching and have a good day. alleging

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