it's a bit. 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 elections back means you're of could join the u.s. and surrounding countries in recognizing the duros rival one vital as president. families of missing mine workers despair in brazil as they wait for news after friday's deadly burst a court has blocked assets belonging to the dam operators to pay for damages.

unexpired sir welcome to the program protests and rallies are taking place across 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 now accept opposition leader one kwaito as venezuela's interim president the e.u. said on saturday it will do the same unless material calls elections within eight days today grade zero has offered amnesty to the military if they back him. and joining us from caracas is oscar shanker who's been closely following developments there tell tell me oscar a key military official has broken ranks with the dura how is that playing out so far. well yes this envoy to washington from the minus one

embassy is the military and boy colonel see it rob broke relations with the men who were government and supporting the interim presidency of one way though as he said this was criticized by members 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 inactive by parliament and now a lot of these military officials are burning. the law as when they get them when they when they receive that bet 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 them could you tell us a bit about why in the duro suspended his demand that they get u.s.

diplomats leave the country change his mind why. well the u.s. said they would not recognize nicholas my boot on their record magazine one way though 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 u.s. 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 the plan on media it might seem as though they are backing 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 training and supporting one way though shows there is a break in command as well as a mother goes back into allowing thirty more days for the embassy to leave in this weather ok oscar schleicher in caracas thank you very much for that. and despite the turmoil in venezuela some of the country's catholics traveled to nearby panama to celebrate world youth day pope francis offered them spiritual support and call for caracas to find a peaceful solution to his political crisis but venezuelans also found solidarity and practical help from their fellow pilgrims. few

people hold the flag with as much pride as the venezuelans do the country is facing turbulent times and these pilgrims have come to panama to pray with the pope for venezuela but getting here wasn't easy one of the u.s. ok i thought it wasn't going to be able to come to panama a dollar is a lot of money for us today it can cost two thousand sober tomorrow whatever the market dictates so that i don't you might not work with a. look at both of. you for many it took several months to save enough money for the trip others had to borrow it all rely on donations. also has been living in panama for almost eight years you tried to return to venice where you were a few years ago but the situation was unbearable now from outside the country he's helping his compact roots with a group called chamas and panama. today he's collecting food and toiletries for the

pilgrims who've come from venezuela. you know it is what i know i'm worried about venezuelans many are very thin because it is almost impossible to survive there. some people eat just one meal a day so a group child knows that means venezuelans in panama have gathered to share a meal with them with the help of some venezuelan restaurants here and the whole community to give them a boost and some personal items they can take back home. but venezuelans on the only ones facing hard time at a time catholic world peace day which is taking place in central america for the first time it's brought together disadvantaged young people from all over the region. most nicaraguans here too afraid to talk on camera they fear they could end up jailed for criticizing the government holding their flag upside down is that a way of signaling s.o.s. . gordo's the most we all live in fear of being incarcerated

and ing up in jail for waving a flag or simply being against the government which is our constitutional right. not their name just thinking differently to our leaders can get you jailed young people are being killed you murdered well then we'll hear that but it's the yellow color with them being. at the scene franklin had to flee necker right here off to the government staged a violent crackdown against student protests he left his young daughter and his family back home i don't want to add to that i was a student but we protested there were injured a bit of everything. and from one moment to another we had to flee the country. because we had no other option. there are only two options for students in nicaragua and they know that either end up in jail or killed. i can't live without my family and without my mom i love your mother i miss her and my girl i have

a daughter i love her. in the short term it's unlikely things will change by the venezuelan small nicaraguans that world youth day gives them the chance to feel safe and forget about their problems for a little while at least. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. at least twenty people have been killed in twin blasts outside a cathedral in the philippines the attack took place on the southern island a hole though which has seen a decades long islamist insurgency authorities suspect a local group abu sayyaf is behind the attack but the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility. and thousands of zimbabweans have turned out for the funeral of the country's most celebrated musician all over into cousy known widely as to who was laid to rest in his hometown after his death from diabetes last week who 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 dam disaster at least forty people are confirmed dead after a dam collapsed in the southeast of the country another three hundred people remain missing it is not yet clear what caused the dam to collapse. earlier i spoke with mathias hébert who is covering this story in broome and dino brazil i asked him about the situation there. i'm here at the center of investigation at the place where the helicopters start to go to the area of the affected area where the dam broke so i'm here and the works are going on now for almost two hours before the whole sunday the works were stopped there was no rescue activity here because of

the the risk of a second dam to break to breach this dam this is this risk is now not any more. happening as did the venice safe the works are going on and here and mind there are people families coming gathering they were just here because they have relatives missing so it's a situation here of yes said happenings of the people crying because they know that realize here on the ground that their relative might not. appear that he might be under their big. mass which is now here in the valley close to us and terrible situation what more can can you tell us about valley the country company behind these these dams they've had mining catastrophes before. you know about it was once a public company here in brazil and it turned private and from these times on the

accusations still appear frequently that the company is not respecting the minimum mass measures of security of environmental measures so the critics here are on the ballot there they meant in the last years and if we don't remember two thousand and fifteen when and marianna reachin really one hundred fifty kilometers away from here this is really a tiny step for brazil this first dam call that's already. cost nine thousand people dead and a huge and romantic catastrophe a the worst in brazilian history so this company has now a really bad reputation which will also have a reaction and a consequences for the shares on the market ok mathias hébert in brazil thank you very much today marks holocaust memorial day in this day in one thousand nine hundred five soviet troops liberated thousands of prisoners from the auschwitz concentration camp former prisoners of auschwitz have placed flowers that an

execution wall in the former nazi death camp where more than a million people were killed we spoke with one woman or remarkable one who managed to escape being sent to the concentration camps and then made it her mission to fight against the nazis as a spy. maku when it's ninety eight years old. but still full of energy. tonight she'll be holding another talk as always her husband major accompanies her she says that in remembering the holocaust one thing is often overlooked. to know jews if. just. to wed. 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 in one nine hundred forty

five paris was already liberated but fighting continued at the secret line on the front with her perfect german skills moscow and 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 poise if arrested she planned to commit suicide with sleeping pills. as we did take it and keep. each vet. to goods who took. the key to. 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 all. 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 and was fished. despite losing loved ones mark cohen found the courage to carry out her mission. her sister was deported and murdered in auschwitz mots fiance a resistance fighter was taken prisoner and shot dead. despite her agony mot completed her espionage mission. we. have been in the. cone wants to tell her story to as many people as possible so this part of history is not forgotten. and you're watching news from berlin

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