this is deja vu news live from berlin paris where as president says no to calls for new elections that after key allies give their support to his embattled government china russia and turkey have condemned the protests calling for nicholas what doro to resign. also coming out in an exclusive d.w. interview germany's foreign minister unveils his plans for the country's two year term on the u.n. security council. and walk away this from to the views team in davos on the last

day of the world economic forum. the chilly winds of protectionism is being felt here in davos and a coat of us tells me globalization is taking on a very different form join me and the business team here in the swiss alps. plus the soundtrack to poland's political opposition. to. the law that may be meant to cause the country's conservative climate lawmakers though say they're violating the speech guidelines. and to move over football handball fever gripping germany as the national team means to book a place in the final of the world championships. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us venezuela remain. in the grip of

a bitter power struggle after opposition leader was. tried to oust president nicolas maduro western countries have back quite o's bid for new elections but russia china and turkey are supporting nicolas maduro condemning the nation's ongoing protests. the turmoil in caracas has subsided for ny but vehicles serve as a reminder of what happened here the day before thousands took 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 material his own international allies have thrown their wheat behind his socialist government with megiddo acknowledging the backing of russian president vladimir putin. they are russia gives its full support to the

legitimate and constitutional government that i'm. his full support for peace and the integrity and sovereignty of venezuela. he told me. the president 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 maduro by starving 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 jail to make government in washington ordered some of its diplomatic staff to leave caracas but

refused to comply with a 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 jitters featured 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 never wait quite his next move. with me here in the studio now is growing more from d.w. latin america good morning turly no one eclipse material he's digging in that despite the pressure coming from the u.s. coming from the from europe now as well with the north terry on his side can he hold on indefinitely that is the 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. 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 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 the us when the oil the oil ninety five percent of us will revenues coming from oil a lot of it's going to the altar a lot of it's going to the military vets 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 i'm not 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. just let me bring up some some numbers in the year two thousand and eight the united states imported our own 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 he's expressed the 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 with with military but the steam that we're hearing from the united states from president donald trump and also with

a speech from russia they are again provoking the united states so that might end 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 in an exclusive interview with the w. mission or target we're not neutral on the question of venezuela we're on the run going to side because we have serious difficulties recognizing mcdougal's reelection is disassociate 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 is why we're calling for fresh elections for the national assembly to assume responsibility for the force of constitutional law which he restored to venezuela it's 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 so we're not neutral as regards this question that we support what quiet

who is doing your descriptions for score you will 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 clear because sweden and denmark a spain they already had a clear plan about who is the legit i'm a president in venezuela all fam 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 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 and as well or if the european union has has has more ideas we're going to see that perhaps today perhaps next week but we hope to hear something from brussels russia china turkey all back in the door why are they doing that well russia turkey china because they have economic interests they have again this interest in the whole oh yeah business for example in the south america and we see bolivia there also back even and that is a political alliance the alliance between china russia and the third country west turkey and iran as 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 you know we talk about a political crisis there's 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 it's a law that will mean more clashes so mean more. so yes probably this is not going to stop i don't think so clearly and should more from w. latin america thanks very much for coming in. well in panama at the global religious gathering for catholic young people pose for pope francis has pledged his support for efforts to avoid further suffering in crisis torn by this way a la through his spokesman the part of said he was praying for the victims and for all the people of us where. this comes as the pope formally welcome to tens of thousands of mainly young pilgrims who flock to panama city for world use day religious events and festivities. 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 dot 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 problem 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 a few arms there for us we're back now with the new directions in german foreign policy a moment ago you heard german foreign minister heiko ma setting out berlin's position

on the venezuela crisis he's been visiting the us to mark the start of germany's two year term as a member of the u.n. security council in an exclusive interview with the w.'s 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 it will take an active role in managing the crises and conflicts are being handled by the security council. and they include syria yemen ukraine and now venezuela. this is an important task and it's clear that people have expectations of us expected to take responsibility and that's something i wanted to restate 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 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. in the cerium 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 and 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 just as the shots have to listen to it with 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 you really are but i have spoken with foreign minister lavrov in moscow as well as with secretary of state pump aoe 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. not to. that was the german foreign minister with the w.'s all over salad now for some of the other stories making news this hour greek lawmakers delayed the ratification vote on a controversial name change for neighboring macedonia on thursday that by a day as thousands of protesters gathered outside the national assembly police firing tear gas to detain dozens of demonstrators more rallies are planned for

today friday ahead of that vote. brazil's first and only openly gay congressman gene wheelus has announced he's leaving the country after receiving multiple death threats release of the rate of violence against people had increased significantly since rightwing president also mauro took office. how can germany phase out its reliance on brown coal that's the question balloons cole commission is said to have when it delivers its recommendations to berlin later today as part of germany's bid to transition to a climate friendly power grid but critics warned that the move could cost thousands of jobs in mining regions. the british queen has called for opposing factions to find quote common ground in what's being interpreted as a veiled plead to end the bitter fighting over breakfast that is the march deadline looms ever closer for britain's exit from european union as head of state the queen

is expected to remain politically neutral in public. it's good business was christophe finding common ground also the objective of world leaders have been in davos this week that's right bryan and there was no shortage of issues to be discussed trade just use climate change and the political and economic impact of the upcoming breaks it now if britain didn't manage a smooth exit from the european union they had of goldman sachs warned that the investment bank would scale down investment in the u.k. it thereby mirrored this year's underlying sentiment in davos a lot of concern but few real answers. just a few more hours and then the peace and quiet of the swiss alps will return to. the many delegates who visit the small town every january to seek solutions to world problems will be gone for another twelve months as always this year's world economic forum meeting saw no shortage of big issues to discuss conversations

focused on trade conflicts climate change and of course breaks it with its wider ranging consequences but many questions remain unanswered johnson come direct being late. german chancellor angela merkel was among those promoting international cooperation in davos most welcomed her message also a veiled rebuttal to u.s. president donald trump who had stayed home due to the u.s. government shutdown. brazil's new president and arrow however was in davos marking his first appearance on the world stage while international cooperation is likely not one of his favorite topics he used to try and attract foreign investors many of the leaders who normally make the headlines didn't attend the world economic forum this year but most participants seems not to mind they came here to talk or do business and those events don't happen on the big stages anyway but in the back

rooms of the congress center or even on the streets of this little suisse town. let's get more from our correspondent ben the gathering of 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 chicken side as 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 you know family husband and wife divorced 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 that they will and focus on building consensus of any of the other options on the table at the same time a trade war is raging on between the top two were connelly's with no end in sight where we have the beginning self perhaps a conversation with the united states and china sit did 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 i'm sure is see there on that they will find common solutions but the whole system globalization. it's fizzling out well i think mobilization is taking different shapes and it's taking 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 exchange 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 at 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 eighteen it was a huge wake up call there were huge tensions not only on the trade side or so on the geopolitical side and we also saw masses of people protesting for differing reese and some feeling of quality of revenue some have inequality 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 level multilateral cooperation and on to gonzales thank you very much my pleasure

to w.'s been for zone reporting from davos there and it is there that billionaire investor george soros had some strong words for the chinese president is a source called president putin the quote most dangerous enemy of free societies the source said that china's social credit system would give mr she told will control over his people beijing is currently developing a facial recognition system which mr source says would enable the 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. germany's economic growth this year will be considerably lower than ordinary forecast that's according to new government predictions in its annual economic report out next 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 going to dribbling exports caused by

global trade disputes and the lack of clarity over that message demand meanwhile is expected to remain intact. it's back to brian now in an unlikely voice protesting against poland's government that's right christoph and the poll in our last month's fatal stabbing of the liberal marrow of danske is draw attention to the country's political faultlines and its simmering culture wars especially when it comes to rock music black metal bad but he meant has come under fire for its use of religious imagery in a way that one conservative lawmaker says violates the country's he'd speech loss. it's a heavy metal guitarist 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 really against their.

political tendencies that have been conquering our land for like the last two years that it's just driving us 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 into the police. he just bridge below our criminal law is very very clear you cannot insult religion every religion you cannot you know heart 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 bologna indeedy 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. definitely good at just speaking. my freewheel. but he with an atom darcy are now on tour in europe where they will be looking to continue to spread their message. we have some sports now germany is currently coasting the world championships in a sport that many in the english speaking world may not be so familiar with and that's and all arenas up and packed with fans from around the world and excitement is building here in germany head of the country's 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 as i know the tournament this usually popular in germany more people have been following the german team's games on t.v. than top matches in the football but in this league. 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 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 talk the 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 would continue in kiel and across the country fans are hoping germany can win again and book their place in the final. it's just a reminder now of one of our top stories at this hour the embattled venezuelan leader nicolas maduro has to fight international calls to step down but after the north korean geologists including russia and china dismissed the attempts to oust them. this is it is live from the lead we have more coming up at the top of the hour and don't forget there's always more of these and other sources and well a website that's interview dot com thanks for being with us.

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system the foundation's. claim metropolis of crime. starts january twenty ninth. on t.w. . hello welcome to country good coming to you from the heart of the world as the focus this week is on u.s. president donald trump who has now been in the white house for two years and we're marking that anniversary by taking a closer look at trump's america the economy continues to hold up but the country is deeply divided as is clear from the longest government shutdown in u.s. history and foreign policy meanwhile the u.s. has pulled out of a number of key.