this is deja vu news live from berlin venezuela's embattled leader nicolas maduro rejects an ultimatum from the european union. he's refusing to hold fresh elections that means europe could join the u.s. and surrounding countries and recognizing the duros rival on why go as president the. families of missing mine workers despair in brazil as they wait for news after friday's deadly dam burst a court has blocked the assets belonging to the dam operators to pay for damages.

spicer welcome to the program huge protests are expected in the venezuelan capital caracas today as calls for fresh elections intensify meanwhile the country's top military envoy to the united states has announced he's turning his back on president nicolas maduro government and recognizing opposition leader one kwaito as venezuela's interim president he's urging the rest of the military to follow his lead the european union is also calling for fresh elections but president maduro says his government will not be dictated to by foreign nations. the e.u. is ultimatum is another boost for one quite knows campaign to oust nicolas maduro brussels has given the incumbent a week to call fresh elections otherwise it will recognize his opponent as president. you know even if you think you know the first thing i want to do today

is to recognize the european union's firm steps toward supporting venezuela firm steps in supporting and recognizing the democratic struggle in our country. going ok i'm going to say that a different rally majoris government pushed back in strong terms it's a letter that you don't have what i gather i don't know so the european union has given us eight days to go to hell over something as well and just don't take orders from anyone. here the end of the year none of the others are doing yes while the military leadership continues to stand by president maduro a high level defections signaled that the army's unity may be fracturing than his way last military attache in washington announced he was switching sides. yet today i speak to the people of venezuela and especially to my brother was in the

national armed forces with the goal of recognizing one guy doing as the only legitimate president yeah. one word go. so in order both through the crisis was hotly debated saturday and an emergency session of the u.n. security council called by the u.s. to force the world powers to pick a side the more delays no more games either you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with material and his may i'm material is defined growing international pressure and building by russia and china's continued support your calling the crisis a u.s. orchestrated coup. but he defused an imminent showdown with washington over his demand for american diplomatic personnel to leave venezuela by sunday extending the window to allow negotiations with u.s. officials. that are trying to come in a third. and joining us from caracas is oscar schleicher who's been closely

following developments there tell tell me oscar a key military official has broken ranks with the door how is that playing out so far well yes this envoy to washington from the man as well the embassy is the military and boy colonel see it rob broke relations with the mother would a government and its supporting the interim president see it. one way though as he said. this was criticized by government saying it was an act of cowardness and treason to the country which is a lot to say today when a lot of the military and armed forces are receiving from the opposition the new analyst the law that was in that by parliament now a lot of the military officials are burning. a lot as when they get when they when they receive that but a lot of people are saying that this is the command to do so but there are talks behind closed doors with military officials to join and support.

could you tell us a bit about why the duros suspended his demand that they u.s. diplomats leave the country change his mind why. well the us said they would not recognize nicolas maduro their wretched man seen one way go as the president of venezuela and in doing so they rejected my heroes seventy two hour also made them to leave only non-essential. embassy personnel who left the country for security measures and it was difficult for a mother who taught to forcefully remove the rest of the person now so in a way. it's backtracking from that ultimatum the. president said it was going to be set up as offices of interest kind of like what

they had in cuba for many years between the us just briefly and any coming a little bit back to the first question is there any sense that the military is shifting away from a juror oh. well to the plan playing out and media it might seem as though they are banking mother would go through this burning of the amnesty law but as i said before the opposition says there are in talks behind closed doors and this is the current the colonel said about jerry and supporting one way though shows there is a break in command as well as back tracked into allowing thirty more days for the embassy to leave in this way ok oscar schleicher in caracas thank you very much for that and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. pope francis has said mass to thousands of worshippers at world youth day in panama city

the service marks the end of the pontiff first trip to central america he also commented on the recent up people in venezuela urging a peaceful solution to his political crisis. the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for a deadly bomb attack in the philippines at least twenty people were killed in the twin blasts outside a cathedral on the southern island of hokkaido the area has seen a decades long islamist militancy. and thousands of zimbabwe and have turned out for the funeral of the country's most celebrated musician all over him to cousy widely known as to who was laid to rest in his hometown after his death from diabetes last week whose songs were popular across generations has been declared a national hero. a state court in brazil has blocked more than a billion euros in assets belonging to the mining company valley in order to pay

for damages from friday's demp disaster at least forty people are confirmed dead after a dam collapse in the southeast of the country another three hundred people remain missing rescue workers feared another nearby dam could also collapse but have since lifted their warning it is not yet clear what caused the dam to give way. things have disbanded them citing demanding. for the families of the missing the wait for news about their loved ones has become simply am bearable. sorrow is also turning into anger this woman's husband is among the missing. but i don't have any news he's not i have seen his phone i'll give you his number and you call him i need an answer i was desperate my daughter is pregnant and isn't feeling well the police aren't letting me go there why if nobody tells me anything

so if he's not find he has a family some residents accuse authorities in the area of negligence. the alarm didn't work the only alarm i heard came from my neighbors miles they were yelling. dozens of people may still be buried under the mud and debris after friday's burst and hopes to find them alive are fading. it's still unclear what caused the dam to collapse it had passed safety tests just last year it's owner brazil's largest mining company valley is still facing legal action for another dam burst in the same region in twenty fifteen. brazil's president gyre both so narrow who flew over the devastated area in a helicopter on saturday said in its region that it was hard not to get emotional after seeing the scale of the devastation he said a full investigation will be carried out. today marks holocaust memorial day on

this day nine hundred forty five soviet troops liberated thousands of prisoners from the auschwitz concentration camp former prisoners of auschwitz have placed flowers at an execution wall in the former nazi death camp where more than a million people were killed we spoke with one remarkable woman who managed to escape being sent to the concentration camps and then made it her mission to fight against the nazis as a spy. mock cohen is ninety eight years old but still full of energy e.g. decent tonight she'll be holding another talk as only as her husband major accompanies her she says that in remembering the holocaust one thing is often overlooked. both in france and not. to know. that. to wed through. at the jewish

museum in frankfurt she presents her biography and tells what seems like an unbelievable story she a jewish french woman spied on the nazis. in february one thousand nine hundred forty five paris was already liberated but fighting continued at the secret line on the front with her perfect german skills mark cohen was a lucky find for military intelligence she may have been just one and a half meters tall but she wasn't easily intimidated using a german alias she crossed the border and pretended to be looking for her fiance near the front the twenty five year old was often fearful but she kept her points if arrested she planned to commit suicide with sleeping pills. i would take it. each. to chip. keeping. her mission was life threatening but she was inspired by her maiden name.

or hope good luck she procured important information about positions on the front courageous actions like these were often insufficiently recognized says museum director miriam vance and that's. very many were murdered but there was also resistance and jews as part of the allied forces defeated the germans that's both inspiring and important. despite losing a loved ones cohen found the courage to carry out her mission. her sister was deported and murdered in auschwitz. say a resistance fighter was taken prisoner and shot dead. despite her agony mott completed her espionage mission. we.

might cohen wants to tell her story to as many people as possible so this part of history is not forgotten. to tennis now and the world number one novak djokovic beat world number two rafael nadal to win a record seventh australian open title it took the serve in just over two hours to complete his three set victory joker rich got off to a flying start winning thirteen the first fourteen points and al had cruised on his way into the final but struggled in this one especially with djokovic to serve in the end djokovic one six three six two six three it's his third straight grand slam title and the fifteenth of his career. the twenty nine thousand world rally championship kicked off on sunday with the monte carlo rally frenchman. took a first step towards defending his title making his first start start since rejoining citoyen six time world champion kept his cool to finish two point two

seconds ahead of his belgian rival. is the seventh time o'shea has won in monte carlo. so football now and here's a look at all the bundesliga results from match day nineteen leipzig gave dusseldorf a royal spanking byron munich impose their will on stuttgart braman and frankfurt battled to a draw league leaders dortmund demolished hanover gladbach often haim one against freiburg mines defeated nuremberg leverkusen had no problem with all spurred on friday her to berlin and shall share the spoils. and now let's take a look at the bonus league table not much change among the leaders dortmund still with a six point cushion at the top hoffenheim and later crews move up while will spur slipped down in the bottom half months leap frog braman and are still in striking distance of the european spots stood guard hand over and nuremberg still bringing

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