this is d.w. news coming to you live from the u.n. calls for call this venezuelan. embattled president nicolas maduro says he's the victim of a foreign backed coup the u.n. wants an investigation into claims his security forces are killing anti-government protesters also coming out in the exclusive interview germany's foreign minister unveils plans for the country's two year term on the united nations security council. plus. football handball fever germany as the

national team aims to book a place in the final of the world championships. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us u.n. human rights chief michel that has called for deescalation talks and venezuela and an investigation into claims that security forces have killed at least twenty protesters the alleged crackdown followed a bid by opposition leader one quite though to oust president nicolas maduro but he says he's the victim of a u.s. led and has 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 the gita meant i 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 as 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 euro regime from the sources of its revenues we think consistent with our recognition won by dole is the constitutional interim president of venezuela that those revenues should go to get

him a government but madeira who 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 duro. 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. but he said that the you know footage 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 the duro and the opposition continues. well for the very latest now let's cross over to caracas where the w.c. all starts lanka is standing by and joins us on the line from there also nicolas maduro is not budging big powers are backing him in the military leadership is to does that mean that he's won this power struggle. or alleging that way the strong political game being played behind. the opposition still have a negotiating power they can surprise high ranking officials place for support from others but. all the uprisings in the military in the past year the most recent one this monday another question we ask ourselves is why hasn't one we've all been arrested the supreme court. for the attorney general to take charge of such an arrest. warrant so tensions are high now and we are all expected to

our own mother for all u.s. diplomatic personnel to leave the country. as well as all have questions. that could happen next and now washington one small duro out clearly washington also says it will now try to divert oil revenues to his rival quite 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 profitable commodity in the us continues to be the move trying to fight the traffic drop and production appears in a way yesterday secretary of the my company announced the u.s. would use in its well as twenty million dollars a game and during a fund of through one way and in a country suffering from a devastating clued in medicine crisis the firms. could change the minds of many middle and low lending officers the whole of a typical as well and. now this is

a potentially explosive situation give us a sense of the mood on the streets where you are. workers turn to constrain the violence we're seeing violent clashes as businesses material has been on monday on wednesday we saw the largest printer because mother not only could i guess but in several cities and towns and communities all across the nation only plaintiffs were venezuelans that migrated support for another week at an all time low in the streets and different we saw in the wake of protests in two thousand and fourteen and two thousand and seventeen this one is as going in the same tension. oscar thank you so much that was d.w. solstice flanker there talking to us from caracas. ffs. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today greek lawmakers will vote in a few hours on

a controversial name change from neighboring macedonia thousands of protesters have gathered outside the assembly police fired tear gas and detained dozens of demonstrators more rallies are planned ahead of the vote. in indonesia floods and landslides have killed at least fifty nine people say authorities heavy rain has pounded south sudan 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. and brazil's first openly gay congressman we leads has announced he is leaving the country after receiving multiple death threats we raise the rate of violence against l g b t people has increased significantly since rightwing president. took office. german foreign minister must has been visiting the united states to mark the start

of germany's two year term as a member of the united nations security council in an exclusive interview with g 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. they include syria yemen ukraine in that. this is an important task and it's clear that people have expectations of us expected to take responsibility and that's something we want to to. that there are important topics are for own that we would like to put to the security council for climate and security is one of those issues that is not getting enough attention and the connection between climate change. 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. when you need tarion law and human tarion aid is also important to have 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 will have to consider. have to listen to it with its 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. 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 and 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. a key government commission is meeting here in berlin today as it seeks solutions for phasing out coal power in germany it's part of the government's plan to cut carbon emissions and a lot of global targets but it's a tough sell in coal country like the eastern region of blue say ship people there may be worried about climate change too but they're more at me. concern is their economic future. for one hundred fifty years to loose

a region that straddles the german polish border has to offer brown coal mining the town of bag 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 coal has taken place. at its peak this coal 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. if another industry replaces coal mining sure if not then i highly doubt that stay the way it is. you see it's. true islam will become our next source of income

but of course no one knows where the vet will happen and many people are leaving strandberg 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 your needs we have to look 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 in the self-proclaimed pearl of the seychelles will have a future even without coal. their motto for their could be move forward creatively stay here in the sea 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. germany is currently hosting the world championships in a sport that many in the english speaking world at least may not be familiar with and that's handball arenas have been packed with from around the world excitement is building here in germany ahead of the country's semi final clash against norway tonight. 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. take guys are great they're playing brilliantly well can i say we're going to be world champions. the tournament's issues popular in germany more people have been

following the german team's games on t.v. the top matches in the football 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. forgot that it was amazing really fantastic the atmosphere was electric so many people were screaming and shouting it was brilliant. on friday evening 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. you're watching news still to come who's bluffing and we're getting some business advice from

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