this is t w news coming to you live from berlin menace one of those nicolas maduro rejects u.s. led calls to step down the president accuses washington of colonial behavior and has ordered his country's diplomats to leave the u.s. china and russia support one door open and he still has the backing of the army also coming up in an exclusive interview with germany's foreign minister unbuilt plans for the country's two year term on the united nations security council. and we'll have the latest from our team on the last day of the world economic forum.

the chilly protectionism is being felt here in davos and economist tells me globalization is taking on a very different form join me and the business team here in the swiss alps. plus move over football handball grips germany as the national team aims to book a place in the final of the world championship. hello and welcome i'm terry margin good to have you with us but us will remains in the grip of a bitter power struggle after opposition leader one quite knows attempts to oust president nicolas maduro when western nations have backed those bid for new elections but china russia and turkey are supporting the door oh who's cut off

diplomatic ties with washington. a defiant nicolas maduro has gone on the offensive severing diplomatic relations with the u.s. a day after washington codman duros regime in the gita meant i. get a ok then 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 of funds we're focusing on

today is disconnecting the illegitimate euro regime from the sources of its revenues we think consistent with our recognition one why go is 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 a during. 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 but he said that the you know for it 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. 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 for the very latest now let's cross over to caracas for d.w.i. . is standing by and joins us on the line from there nicolas maduro is not budging big powers are backing him in the military leadership is to does it mean that he's won this power struggle. or at length seem that way but there's a strong political game being played behind that for just the officers are still have been negotiating they can surprise iranian officials flights for support from other men but there is an obvious point in the chain of command when we put into

account all the uprisings in the military in the past year the most recent one it's monday and another question we ask ourselves is why hasn't one why don't the rest of us the supreme court going up some of them to request that the attorney general to charge in such arrests don't they haven't you been to the warrant so tensions are high now and we're all expected affectively to our own comedian for all u.s. diplomatic personnel to leave the country if you give somebody here and say as we're going to have course that we don't know what could happen next. now washington one smug duro out clearly washington also says it will now try to divert oil revenues to his rival wideout deep who is in hiding do you see that as a credible threat. or definitely this way though our fighting chance because it was one of most comfortable commodity in the us continues to be the main trying to fight the traffic drop in production additionally yesterday secretary of the my

company announced the us would given as well as twenty million dollars a game and during a fund of through one way and in a country suffering from a devastating food and medicine crisis the firms. could change the minds of many middle and lower ranking officers the whole of a typical as well. now this is a potentially explosive situation give us a sense of the mood on the streets where you are. were turning to constrain the violence we're seeing in violent clashes in. material has been on monday on wednesday we saw the largest printer because mothers are not only interactive but in several cities in towns and communities all across the nation only plain cities where venezuelans get migrated. from other we know is at an all time low in the streets and different weaves are in the wake of protests in two thousand and fourteen and two thousand and seventeen this one is going even in the same tension . oscar thank you so much that was the w.'s osca slain courier there talking to us

from caracas. ffs. well the crisis in venezuela is also on the minds of those attending a global catholic youth festival in nearby panama but francis has pledged his support for efforts to avoid further suffering in venezuela the pope's spokesman said he was quote praying for the victims and for all the people. this comes as the pope formally welcomed the tens of thousands of pilgrims who flock to panama city for world youth day festivities w. 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 our president at 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 which has been widely hated with corruption scandals and that will be holding elections later this year you know he was a fairly harmless they're talking to us from panama city now to some of the other stories making news around the world in indonesia floods. landslides have killed at least fifty nine people say authorities and heavy rain has pounded super ways the province swelling rivers and bursting their banks thousands have been forced to flee their homes the country's disaster management agency says twenty five people are still missing. greek lawmakers delayed till friday the ratification vote on

a controversial name change for a neighboring macedonia thousands of protesters have gathered outside the assembly police fired tear gas and detained dozens of demonstrators more rallies are planned for friday a head of the. british queen has called for opposing factions in the u.k. to find quote common ground her statement is seen as a bail plea to end the bitter fighting over brags that 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 in public. the u.s. senators have rejected two spending plans to reopen the federal government including one backed by president all trial the votes by the republican majority body meant that mean the government shutdown is now entering its thirty five thirty fifth day and unwelcome record still it's not stopped trump and his advisors

telling unpaid federal workers to buy food on credit that by stay say is out of touch with their struggles. for now until garcia is the tree down a list for the u.s. government in washington d.c. and he usually air money but for the last thirty four days the twenty nine year old hasn't seen a paycheck he's staying with his parents in virginia where he can get something to eat and some emotional support. just because. you know growing up people always talk about. government but you know you have to think about like what can i cut back if if things continue his parents' import coffee that the roast and then sale on fifth avenue or sun a few shifts allowing him to earn a modest i really reads for fernando every extra dollar kinds. this is can become my primary job and definitely not enough to get me through. on

a monthly basis. back in washington d.c. the senate spent several hours debating two proposals each of which could have in theory brought the shutdown to an end the republicans want money for chumps border wall with mexico the democrats want to end the deadlock before beginning negotiations about border security then came the vote as expected neither proposal received majority support. as. i drink as talks over the border will continue to stall this is just the prelude to fresh negotiations the democrats are already working on a sweeping draft bill which me include trump stipulated five point seven billion dollars not for the wall but for border security meanwhile the government shutdown continues with drastic consequences the f.b.i. can no longer afford to pay its whistleblowers. at the airports pilots are at the

mercy of key equipment that cannot be serviced. and experts are worried about a potential economic slump what's more eight hundred thousand government employees remain unpaid. it's early morning and fernando garcia is heading back to the capital his parents had to buy his train ticket for him. i would. have to look for a new job it's unfortunate to mix with a sad. but i certainly don't want to leave the government i really like my job so i just want to go back to work. he doesn't want to see exactly how much money he aired roosting coffee beans but it's enough to make ends meet for a few days. now german foreign minister has been visiting the united states to mark the start of his country's two year term as a member of the united nations security council an exclusive interview with the w's

all are 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 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 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 the italian 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 the biggest issue though is disarmament this is also an issue that has to be discussed with the global community as you can see that we have many initiatives in talking points that are important to us and which the security council have to consider this is a shot at bush have to listen to it with 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. 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 and 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 say. a key government commission is meeting in berlin today as it seeks solutions for phasing out coal power in germany it's a hugely controversial topic and closely connected with government plans to cut carbon emissions in line with global targets still in the eastern region of blue say shit it's the economic rather than environmental impact of cutting out coal it's on people's minds. for one hundred fifty years to say sure 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. 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 cool has taken place. at its peak this coal fired power plant known as the shots a pump a black pump had seventeen thousand employees today only five thousand people work in the industrial park and that's why many are afraid they're skeptical about the prospects for a future without coal mining. if another industry replaces coal mining sure if not for the highly doubt that stay the way it is. if you see it's. will become our next source of income

but of course no one knows where the vet will happen and many people are leaving strand back to find work. especially young people. but some young people have decided to stay four months ago. native opened an advertising agency she received many orders from the coal industry. for my point of view we're in the middle of a structural change we must accept this and recreate things to suit our needs we have to that to the future. represents a new bag the trained media designer wants to set an example especially for young people if people do stay here and the self-proclaimed pearl of to say show will have a future even without coal. the motto for could be move forward creatively stay here in asia but think up a new future so that the peril can continue to shine germany wants to phase out

call 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. climate change and keeping the economy going that was one of several big issues on the agenda in davos this week that's right terry there are certainly no shortage of issues there the world economic forum climate change trade frictions the political and economic impact of the upcoming breaks that were among the topics being discussed now if britain didn't manage a smooth exit from the european union that of goldman sachs for the banking giant would scale down investment in the u.k. he 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 brics it with its wider ranging consequences but many questions remain unanswered johnson come directly relate. to 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 seemed 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 town. let's get more from the world economic forum with my colleagues jenelle and ben for their ben the gathering and davos is drawing to a close today do you think that leaders made progress when it comes to addressing the world's most pressing issues. it's really hard to say i mean the message they're getting out there is a positive message of working together and the world certainly needs that at a time of rising protectionism i spoke to former prime minister tony blair former

british prime minister tony blair and he told me that a second referendum is needed for brakes it in other words the brig's it cannot drum could be with us even longer and when you talk about the trade war the other big topic here that could go on for decades at least the global effects of it according to the economist david autor and i spoke to the australian fine minister . a straight in finance minister my spoke to him and he is called and said that he's not all that bolted about the effects of the trade war because the strait there really is stuck in between china and the us but he seems to be in denial in my opinion i also spoke to a diff ochs martin from s.a.p and what she said was that the slowdown because of his trade war partly because of this trade war in china is something that firms in europe that worried about them or worried about chinese you know of asian well that's all well and good ben if you're a company and you have the option of relocating your supply chains elsewhere for example but i think if you're a government and your biggest trading partner happens to be both the u.s.

and china then of course you're going to have a problem your of course your biggest waste is going to be a speedy resolution of the trade war especially as you don't know what the us is actually going to do that's the case for example with indonesia whose former trade minister i spoke to yesterday. not to know i want to stay with you there for a second this is your first time in davos what do you make of the fact that there's many of these leaders they come flying in and private jets they get over there around in heavy limousines in order to attend panels where they then talk about climate change what do you make of that. indeed well there is a bit of a disconnect there on the one hand it's like you have a lot of people saying climate change biggest challenge facing humanity and that recent report from the un that told us that we only have twelve years to act to avert disaster how much that's focused minds and really not some urgency to the debate on the other hand as you said people do fly in on private jets people are ferried in large cars you have you have

a faint smell of diesel on the main thorough fare here in davos and you have private drivers waiting for their passengers what with the engine running as they go inside to talk about to talk about changing the planet saving the planet so there is a bit of a yeah yeah like i said christophe a bit of a disconnect when you say that as well at the same time the world economic forum did make a big thing of the fact that there is fourteen percent less private jet use this year we're just starting out and maybe that's because there's more jet sharing go i don't. know you know the sharing economy is very very key here but i couldn't imagine all those executives pointing to share with each other. maybe maybe maybe their friends from before who knows right some major jets sharing going on there that's good news i guess briefly gender equality and women's rights were two of the topics discussed there what did you take away from that. well actually only about

twenty two percent of the participants here the world economic forum were women so yeah and but i would like to point out that of course the big proponents of saving the multilateral order were women world leaders like chancellor angela merkel from germany and you zealand's prime minister has indicted so that's got to mean something doesn't it i thought it was also interesting sales force president amy weaver said to me that women are going to be the ones driving globalization so it's an interesting fact to moral countries are trying to get more women into the workforce these guys here have to really try a little harder to get more women involved to see that policy does change what will keep reminding them you know those you know because you now do it on a bent his own reporting from davos thanks to both of you and your excellent reporting throughout the world economic forum. and it is there in davos that billionaire investor george soros had some strong words for the chinese president calling the quote most dangerous enemy of free societies as a source said the china social credit system would give mr xi total control over

his people aging is currently developing a facial recognition system which was the source says would enable the government to use algorithms to determine how big a threat an individual poses to the regime also said u.s. tech giants like facebook needed to be reined in for the sake of democracy. and expect a tear and a shot at world cup for a dempsey for german sport that's right we're talking about a very special sport here christophe germany is currently co-hosting the world championships in a sport that many in the english speaking world may not be familiar with and that's handball arenas have been packed with fans from around the world excitement is building here in germany ahead of the country's semifinal clash against norway 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 eyes are great they're playing brilliantly well can i say we're going to be world champions. the tournament's issues really popular in germany more people have been following the german team's games on t.v. than top matches in the football league. that's been what's important we don't just reach the normal hand. 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 top the group. that was amazing really fantastic the atmosphere was electric so many people were screaming and shouting it was brilliant. on friday evening 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. by handball fever when you know just reminder the top story we're following for you here today on news embattled venezuelan leader and nicolas maduro has defied international calls to step. through the military and keep allies including russia and china dismissed an attempt. you are watching t.v. news coming to you from berlin we have more for you the top of the next hour and of course you can get all the latest news and information around the world on our website. dot com thanks for being with us.

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