i'll tell you how the other let. me start with you are circular call a double. this is deja vu news live from berlin north macedonia gets the go ahead and in a decades long just greece's parliament gratifies the deal of the renames neighboring macedonia but some greeks keep up their protests wretchedly and. also coming up the u.n. calls for kong to spend its whaling descends into crisis embattled president

nicolas maduro says he is the victim of a foreign back to truth but the u.n. wants an investigation into claims that his security forces are killing protesters also coming up on eighty u.s. government employees make their voices heard as the shutdown enters its thirty fifth day the senate and attempts to resolve the dispute fails. i'm sumi so much conduct's good to have you with us greek lawmakers have ratified a landmark name change deal with macedonia under the agreement greece's northern neighbor will rename itself north macedonia and athens will drop its objection to the country joining nato but the deal faced fierce opposition in greece and has already cost the prime minister alexis suppress his parliamentary majority there were more of protests outside the assembly ahead of the vote. torrential rain in

athens kept a lot of demonstrators away friday's vote was delayed by a day to accommodate the large number of lawmakers who wanted to debate this deal further. let's bring in our correspondent and the chorus of issues in the greek capital athens for us hi andy so the greek parliament did go ahead and approve the name change but it was a narrow vote wasn't it. absolutely one hundred fifty three that's just too over the one fifty one which the prime minister needed it's enough however to ratify this agreement and it's enough to serve the prime minister alexis tsipras a significant a major diplomatic victory in this after a tumultuous week and to most of this event violent protests and a political turbulence that nearly cost him his government so he's if there is it

is so it's no surprise that he's calling this a historic deal a historic moment one that normalizes relations between greece and macedonia after thirty years of almost toxic relations it remains to be seen however how this will go down with the rest of the people seven in ten greeks here continue to oppose this deal yancey it has been to mulch us on the streets as well there have been violent protests do you think that this vote could finally calmed things down . no it will not come things down greeks are very impassioned and they're very they feel very very strong about this do you understand that there are several mayors across the country who have submitted their resignations in protest we don't know what more will unravel on the political spectrum and we don't know how this this deal will be accepted if at all by the

people don't forget the ratification is one thing their terms of the agreement would say that was in the next few months there are several details that have to be ironed out the tween these two sides for example scratches that there are references to alexander the great greek warrior and other ancient greek emblems have to be taken down from the macedonian side of the hole so trade issues over how to deal with these things so we will there will be several samplings are along the way and they just briefly if you can if the public is not in support of this what is the government doing to assure the people of greece that the solution ending the suspect is in their best interest. well again the prime minister these past couple of days has been trying to assure agree that this is ultimately in the interest of greece that it normalizes relations between these two balkan states and

normalizes and bring stability to this volatile region the balkans by limiting the influence of russia and anchoring macedonia straight to the west primarily to the e.u. and nato but again. passions are high here and we expect to see more political developments are right at the cursor for us in athens thank you so much. un human rights chief michelle bashar that has called for talks to deescalate the situation in venezuela she also called for an investigation into claims that venezuelan security forces have killed at least twenty protesters the alleged crackdown followed a bid by the opposition leader a one why though to oust the president nicolas maduro i'm a little says he has been the victim of a u.s. led kuwait and yes 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. 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 mn duros 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 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 doro regime from the sources of its

revenues we think yeah consistent with our recognition no one quite oh 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. based but he said that 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. let's get the very latest with jennifer come you know conciseness she's following the story for us hi jennifer good to see you this crisis continues to escalate we see moto now he has the military behind him we saw in that report russia as well is there any indication that he would actually back down not at this time and that finale not in the future and it's very clear that the maduro regime is going to do anything to stay in power and now that it has been able to rile its top brass and then has the quick backing from russia from turkey and from china if i feel like he is involved and he is

going to try to stay in power for sure we've seen washington escalating rhetoric as well they want mother would go out and we see the white house administration say will now try to divert oil revenues to his rival one by the who is in hiding is that really a credible threat and how much damage could that actually do to model. well it is a credible threat because the oil industry is the most important economic activity for venezuela but just how much depends on what the united states does the ice is that clarify his position and exactly how he would carry this out and that's what really the crux of it once they explain when can we can know what the implications are but don't forget that israel has the economic backing of russia of china and also has an ongoing goal transaction with turkey so it can get money elsewhere so we have this is sort of see what it is that washington is really willing to do here to then see what the implications are but i would absolutely hurt them for sure

jennifer what about the reactions we're seeing here in europe germany's been demanding immediate elections in venezuela and now says if they don't take place it would it would push for recognition of why though how significant is that for motherhood oh this is significant especially for the opposition the opposition has been hoping that the e.u. would join the u.s. and canada and they oh yes they have an organization of american states in recognizing why though but it has obviously been a bit more cautious but with germany now pushing the needle a bit and germany being such an important country in the you they can only be happy for my there oh it means more pressure and remember this is what his interest what those in turn presidency is about it's about being in turn present until new elections can be called so the new elections are the key to this strategy all right jennifer come you know can satisfy reporting for us thank you so much thank you.

now some other stories making news around the world brazil's only openly gay congressman john when nice has announced he is leaving the country after we sit in multiple death of where at least that violence against the people had increased significantly since right when president jarvis a not only took office. britain's queen elizabeth has called for opposing factions in the u.k. to find quote common ground her statement is seen as a veiled 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. and roger stone a longtime ally of u.s. president donald trump has been arrested he was charged with obstruction of justice witness tampering and making false statements that's according to a grand jury indictment by u.s. special counsel robert malisse office which has been investigating whether the truck campaign colluded with russia in the twenty sixteen election. by u.s.

senators have rejected two spending plans to reopen the federal government including one backed by president trump that means that the government shutdown is now entering its thirty fifth day and unwelcome record still that hasn't stopped trump and his advisors from telling unpaid federal employees to buy food on credit advice that employees say is out of touch with their struggles. for nine to garcia is the tree down a list for the u.s. government in washington d.c. and he usually a good 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. if we're scared just because. you know growing up people always talk about you know. 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 of fifth avenue or son 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 talks over the border will continue to stall this is just the prelate 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 sides in 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 to go 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 say exactly how much money he aired roosting coffee beans but it's enough to make ends meet for

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