this is deja vu news online from berlin venezuela's nicolas maduro rejects u.s. led calls to step down the embattled president accusing washington of quote colonial behavior. and regimes recall the country's diplomats from the u.s. china and russia back and as does the army for now at least also coming up. in an exclusive d.w. interview with germany's foreign minister on bale's plans for the country's two year term on the un security council. and move over

a football handball fever grips germany as the national team aims to book a place in the final of the rural job futures. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us venezuela remains in the grip of a bitter power struggle after opposition leader won by doe's attempt to oust president nicolas maduro western nations have backwaters bid for new elections but china russia and turkey are supporting the doro whose cut off diplomatic ties with washington. a defines nicolas maduro has gone on the offensive severing diplomatic relations with the u.s. a day after washington codman duros regime in egypt amount i. get couldn't move i think there is no doubt in the world that donald trump wants to

bring in his own de facto unconstitutional government a coup d'etat in venezuela against the people and democracy. let there be no doubt that donald trump in all his madness believes himself to be the world's police believes that he is the boss of latin america and the caribbean. washington has refused to comply with madeira orders to close its embassy in caracas but still instructed non-essential staff to leave the country the u.s. has put its support behind opposition leader of one guy joe washington wants to increase pressure on the duro by starving his regime the funds we're focusing on today is disconnecting the illegitimate doro regime from the sources of its revenues we think consistent with our recognition no one has the constitutional interim president of venezuela that those revenues should go to jail to make government but madeira has his own international backers moscow in

particular has been propping up his socialist government with arms deliveries and loans and within venezuela itself both the military and the supreme court has reaffirmed their support from enduros. his rival one fido meanwhile has gone underground his whereabouts have been a mystery since he was symbolically sworn in on wednesday before tens of thousands of cheering supporters he made his first public comments since then from an undisclosed location. based do. you know what 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. remnants of the turmoil in caracas earlier this week are slowly being removed more than twenty people were killed in violent protests and there are fears of further unrest as the standoff

between duro and the opposition continues. well was mature digging in and with venezuela's military leadership firmly behind him i asked you have used our alina cho more or does this mean that there is a grip on power is secure is the military on his side because there's a fish or the military that measure he is divided we already saw that earlier this week when the national guard you probably remember that they had like a revolt. that was one of those signs that show as of that the military is not really talking with one voice even though a defense minister had three now in venezuela said that the military is backing model we know that there is a branch in the may terry that they are backing though so that is a big question are they united or are they. more there for us while at the global catholic use festival underway in panama pope francis has pledged his support for the efforts to avoid further suffering and crisis toward venezuela spokesman said

the pilot who was praying for the victims and all the people about where life. was drums as the pope formally welcomed the tens of thousands of mainly young pilgrims who flock to panama city for the world used a religious observances and festivities. our correspondent affiliate harmes has been attending that 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 juan why don't but he did talk about the challenges that our president had 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 pope also talked about the need to fight corruption in this region including his host panama which has been widely

hated with corruption scandals and that will be holding elections later this year. now for a look at some of the other stories making the news at this hour greek lawmakers delayed the ratification vote on a controversy all name change for neighboring massachusetts as a donia on thursday by a day that is thousands of protesters gathered outside the national assembly police firing tear gas dozens of demonstrators were detained more rallies are planned for today friday a head of that boat. in indonesia floods and landslides have killed at least fifty nine people every rain is out in south so the ways the province swelling rivers bursting the banks thousands have been forced to flee their homes the country's disaster management agency says twenty five people are still missing. the british queen has called for opposing factions to find quote common ground in what's being interpreted as a veiled plea to end the bitter fighting over breakfast as the march deadline looms

for britain's exit from the european union as head of state the queen is expected to remain politically neutral and. now the german foreign minister has been visiting the us to mark the start of the country's two year term as a member of the un security council and in an exclusive interview with the w.'s all over solid he explained how the un role would be a springboard for a new phase in german diplomacy. 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 in conflicts being handled by the security council. and they include syria yemen ukraine in the minutes this is an important task and it's clear that people have expectations of us we're expected to take responsibility and it's something we want to choose. from

that there are important topics of her own that we would like to put to the security council claim it in security is one of those issues that is not getting enough. tension 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 human tarion aid is also important to us many die trying to help others we have to change that and change the legal framework is 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 will have to consider. after listen to it with the united states and russia are the odds over

many issues at the moment 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. and. we don't want to pretend to be more important than we really are but we 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. a key government commission is meeting here today is and seek solutions for phasing out coal fired power plants in germany it's a vexed topic but one that goes hand in hand with government plans to cut carbon

emissions that in line with global targets germany is committed to but in the eastern region of loose asia it's the economic impact of. cutting out coal that's on people's minds. for one hundred fifty years the loose a share region that straddles the german polish border has to brown coal mining the town of claim back on the german side of the divide is typical of the area. fears a move away from coal will mean massive job losses. you get. this is a question of survival because if you can't guarantee people's livelihoods if you cannot create economic prospects people will leave and they will be faster before the actual exit from call has taken place is at its peak this call fired power plant known as the shots a pump or black pump had seventeen thousand employees today only five thousand people work in the industrial park and that's why many are afraid they are skeptical about the prospects for a future without coal mining. industry if another

industry replaces coal mining short if not then i highly doubt that stay the way it is. you see it's. we hope to is and will become our next source of income but of course no one knows where the vet will happen and many people are leaving stram barrick to find work. especially young people. but some young people have decided to stay four months ago. native opened an advertising agency she receives many orders from the coal industry. from my point of view where in the middle of a structural change we must accept this and recreate things to suit our needs we have to look to the future. represents a new plan barack the training to media designer wants to set an example especially for young people if people do stay here in the self-proclaimed pearl of the

seychelles will have a future even without coal. that's the motto first rember could be move forward creatively stay here in this asia but think up a new future so that the peril can continue to shine germany wants to phase out coal power a chance to start something new but many people fear it will be at their cost no one really knows what industry will replace coal and what will fill the void here and. while saying in germany and sports now this comes as currently co-hosting the world championships in a sport that many in the english speaking world well are not so familiar with and that's handball arenas here have been packed with fans from around the world excitement building especially here in germany ahead of the country's semi final clash tonight against norway. 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. the glue to guys are great they're playing brilliantly well can i say we're going to be world champions of the tournament issues really 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 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 hope their group. doesn't forget that it's amazing really fantastic the atmosphere was electric so many people were screaming and shouting it was brilliant the pop. 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. well the sister of the missing football player molly sala wants the search for her brother to continue the rescue mission for the private plane he was the sole passenger on was called off the english channel last night after three days an emotional address the press saying she feels confused over the entire ordeal and extremely stressed she said she simply wants her brother found as walls the missing pilot of course like the authorities she believes they are still alive and waiting to be rescued. as your modern our top story we have for you this hour the embattled and us well and later nicolas maduro was the five international calls to step down that after the military and key allies including russia and china dismissed the attempt to oust him from office. this is due to reduce live from

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