most books have to go insane. d.w. literature list hundred your bloodstream it's. the but. this is deja vu news live for let venezuela's self declared interim president why though is winning over the international community but can he get the country's powerful military to switch allegiance and renounce their loyalty to nicolas maduro . also coming up from so-called reeducation camps to antipolo activists muslims

make up just two percent of the chinese population but increasingly they face persecution will get expert analysis on the rise of islamophobia trying. another democrat jumps into america's twenty twenty presidential election campaign many see california senators come away harris as one of the heavyweights and what promises to be a crowded field of candidates and in soccer defending bundesliga champions are next day hot on the heels of league leaders dortmund after a rocky start to the season fire and show they are back on track to get start start and near certain to make a tight race for the title. i'm sumi so misconduct thank you for joining us international endorsement of venezuela's self declared interim president is growing israel and australia are among the latest countries to recognize one why though his rival president nicolas

mother would owe has rejected and ultimatum from europe to hold fresh elections within eight days both men are now locked in a fierce contest for the support of venezuela's military. target practice under the eyes of president nicolas maduro it took place at four. twenty seventeen a group of soldiers rose up against the government this time it was about showing loyalty. are you plotting a coup. or are you constitutionalists. traitors never always loyal. to their. murderous sees the hand of western governments behind opposition protests he says they're trying to overthrow him he knows the military is key to staying in power the opposition leader wants why though is trying to convince the military to join his side following a church service for victims of violent street clashes he made

a direct appeal. venezuelan soldiers i'm talking to you this is the moment to be on the constitution side. don't be afraid no. supporters are spreading out across the country going to army barracks to spread the word. has proposed an amnesty to convince venezuelan soldiers to join the opposition. none of the soldiers wants to be seen switching sides on camera one says that the military is still firmly on the side of manure. and his supporters hope that this will change in the coming days. let's bring in jennifer come you know conciseness she's a venezuelan journalist with us here at t w hi jennifer good to see you tell us more here about the power of the military is this really the deciding factor between which of these two leaders has power. at this point yes because the

violence there is the only institution that at this critical juncture when these kind of situations take hold that can make the difference make or break the the regime at the moment and that is the regime and that is because they have the weapons and they have the repressive power that mother who has basically used to intimidate the population to to be subservient to the regime and to and to not come out and they mobilized but right now they are backing men who are oh it is not certain that it will stay this way because it is only the top leadership and we don't know what the lower ranks think or how unified they are what about the situation on the ground jennifer why though is now calling for more public protests this week the previous ones to turn violent what do you think we can expect this time. we can expect a big showing because the opposition is energized by this move they were wanting is they they really needed this this lifeline exemption they that why though has sent

before why the made is that there is no last week it was almost dead the opposition had basically this banded previously and so now they have an incentive and they have a motive and they have most importantly hold and so we can expect a big showing and isn't big enough much like last week we're not certain because of course there is the fear of repression and repression has happened so people have to contend with that but we can definitely say that that they're energized what about the voices that we're hearing internationally israel and australia joining european governments pushing for mother to hold a new election right away do you think she's going to do so. i don't think he will i mean he knows that having an election would bring a lot of international attention to his system of government and he does not want that he does not want all of this all of this attention because he already had an election he believes that he had an election last year that he won that was free

and fair and that's is the thing they don't just want an election they want to credible election and that is something that he that he knows he cannot deliver because if he had a true credible and free and fair contest he might moves and this is a risk that he is not willing to take jennifer as this political crisis continues how has it affected venezuelans in a country where the economy had already collapsed essentially yeah well betty is exactly the problem that venezuelans are suffering so much and three million of them according to the u.n. have fled in the past two years past two to three years and so this for the people who are remaining there they need this is they need a change they need to break the deadlock because right now it is a very hopeless situation economy clee mother who has tried to as the to do certain changes to the economy but they have done nothing so the situation on the ground is very very very dire and people are living in the spare all right jennifer camino gonzales for us thank you so much for sharing your insights. thank you.

now to some other stories making headlines around the world rescuers in southeastern brazil are searching for more than three hundred people missing in an area buried under mud from a collapsed dam fifty eight people are confirmed dead it's not clear why the dam containing mining waste collapsed in september and specter's town the dam to be safe. a u.n. expert on executions has arrived in turkey as part of an international inquiry into the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi i guess colum art and a team of legal and forensic experts will spend a week investigating the murder which took place nearly four months ago in the saudi consulate in istanbul. and firefighters in south africa have been battling blazes on the hillside surrounding cape town city center strong winds have been fanning the flames on the slopes of signal hill and lion's head authorities have not issued any evacuation orders. a court in china has

sentenced the prominent rights lawyer wong jiang to four and a half years in jail for subversion of state power one is that a known for defending political activists and members of the fallen going spiritual movement their rights groups have denounced the sentence calling it a mockery long was detained in august twenty fifteen as part of a wider crackdown on lawyers rights lawyers are not the only ones facing a crackdown by chinese authorities muslim minority groups are also coming under increasing pressure from allegedly reeducation camp to camps in a western to tougher controls on mosques beijing says it is simply trying to rein in extremism but islamophobia in china is finding more subtle outlets as well as did have the use of material in their reports it's not unusual for enron to get offended when he logs into china's social networks the right is keenly aware of the growing islamophobia wave spreading through the country including the so-called

anti holo movement who supporters accuse muslims of dividing the country they're calling on airlines and universities to stop serving a lot of food dishes prepared according to muslim rule china's internet sends us have nothing against these kinds of messages. well did you hear for sure the goal of this movement is to clamp down on muslims. holger the sure what's going to limit their rights as part of a minority. shuffle into legal show. none of the members of the entitled movement we contacted were willing to speak on camera but one who cause them serve the association of pork eaters agreed to answer a few questions in an online chat he said islam in china is on the rise and that chinese majority culture is under threat but he wouldn't provide examples to back as clear. muslims make

up less than two percent of china's population on iran whose real name is so we haue seen belongs to the queen minority a mandarin speaking group of muslims was mosques often built in typical chinese style for centuries and runs birthplace jeana in eastern china has been the home of a substantial muslim community. the government strict rules controlling religious practice are apparent in the mosque scorching the head of this congregation says he supports state policy so shattering when the religion should serve society first and foremost a lot you know it should be managed in harmony with our social system. that's the right way in that country. even though daily life in jena is muslim quarter looks like business as usual states back pressure on chinese muslims

is mounting a new five year plan calls for stiffer control over mosques in a few provinces some of them have been closed and restaurants were forced to remove any signs in arad extract. the government points to the police state in the western region of seems young as a perfect example of religious control but in reality that's where hundreds of thousands of ethnic muslim we go are being detained in reeducation camps according to human rights i. our camera team was stopped by guards when we approached one of them and we were held for allegations. levelled at the few that don't live on the ranch we got mobbed. and ron is one of few chinese intellectuals who have openly criticized the state's persecution of the week is this has led to police questioning him for two days he says he is afraid but refuses to remain

silent who. wants you speak the truth and the communist party takes offense to deal with and they will certainly take their revenge at some point if shutting up will not protect your. young man quarter and around fears the worst for chinese muslims may be yet to come. let's get some analysis on that story now with a china analyst michael oberg from the think tank merrick's here in berlin mike i thank you very much for joining us first of all let's talk about the increasing islamophobia that we saw featured in that report from our correspondent do you think it's safe to say that muslims have something to fear in china i would love to say on the one hand yes and on the other hand no but i think at this point it is safe to say that an increasing number of muslims are seeing their lives disrupted in china i mean on the one hand you have you have the societal initiatives that the

report talked about but the more important thing i really is the overall climate that's being created by the c.c.p. by the communist party of china itself with its own initiatives it had its own anti movement where it encouraged officials not to eat and. that's coming out with a plan for synthesizing islam which it does for of the religions as well and last but not because there is the big elephant in the room which is the mass internment of leaders and other minorities in so-called reeducation camps i want to ask about those camps in a moment but first how do you think attitudes towards muslims have church changed under presentation thing i mean there have always been certain tensions both at the popular level and also of the government has never quite said but you know it's fine to fully embrace your religion and you don't have to you don't have to this is all you you can do but it's gotten a little more extreme under siege in pain to want to rein in religion and to want

to make sure that they're not in conflict with the governing ideology leading up to a million muslim leaders being interned in camps as we said what do you think beijing is actually hoping to achieve with this method i mean that officially we're for representing those is like the radicalization in some cases might even frame it as part of the anti terror campaign the thing that's happening here is basically what the c.c.p. is trying to do. is eradicate any kind of belief system that could be in conflict to its own ideology so this is targeting something that they feel is threatening their grip on power and that's why there are they've been doing this so so radically isn't it fair to say from the chinese government's perspective that they do want to tackle extremism there has been violence linked to extremist separatist groups in the past there has been and i think to some extent very very is that problem but i mean the way that the reports coming from those cams is something and

even if you just look at chinese media itself something that could be considered radical just like having a beer or wearing a veil refusing to drink alcohol refusing to eat pork so that your definition of radical. that community goes beyond just fighting terrorism this is a serious issue we're talking about islamophobia growing in china why do you think there's been so little response from western countries for example it's very hard to say and i don't really want to speculate i think there is a mixture of reasons one as their countries are busy with other issues the other thing is china has been really good at diffusing and preventing criticism of its own human rights records in recent years has gotten a lot better at that. so it's really a mixture of things countries not wanting to offend china perhaps also maybe not enough people standing up to to to to to to demand countries to step up so what would be the rest and best response from the west. pointed out criticized

demand that independent observers be sent there are a number of range of issues that that could be done sanction those officials that are involved in those possibly sanctioning companies that are known to be involved in setting up the security apparatus and xinjiang there are a number of range of responses that could be considered and should be pursued seriously start taking a tougher line there than on china michael berg from the think tank merrick's chair berlin thank you so much for joining us thanks for having me. turning to the u.s. now and a democratic senator harris has formally launched her bid for the presidency she is one of the party's frontrunners and she's hoping her background as a prosecutor will help her win the right to challenge donald trump in twenty twenty harris kicked off her campaign in oakland california and presented herself as a leader who could unite america. long lines in downtown all cool and calm allow her is through

a big crowd here for her companion kick of rally among them many young women like in portugal eager to hear what the senator has to say. we really love how strong she is unlike criminal justice reform immigration she. just doesn't allow people to believe her like she asked the hard questions she keeps her composure she's really will spoken i am excited to see her or her pop for. about what matters and ultimately be reinvigorated by this rally was supposed to be a show of political force and it certainly looked that way when kaamelott harris took to the stage the daughter of jamaican and indian immigrants promised to be a fighter for the people stating that it was time to restore what she views as a loss of american values on the president strom we are here because the american dream and our american democracy are under attack and on the line like never before

and we are here at this moment in time because we must answer a fundamental question. who are we. who are we as americans let's answer that question. america we are better than this. democratic proxies looking for fresh faces and come along harris who's been a u.s. senator for only two years certainly fits that bill she grew up here in oakland a diverse industrial city known for its toughness high crime rates and political left wing activists now she is the first female black candidate having a viable shot at the presidency. dozens of democrats lining up to run in twenty twenty the crucial question will be whether the party

things come along harris has a chance of beating down old trump her supporters definitely think she does this and people in the me of the country understand the needs of our country and she has morals which we don't have right now. with the year in the hof until the democrats pick their presidential nominee come along her is still has a long way to go but her. beyond doubt a good start. we have a steven beardsley from date of you business with us to talk about some of the big business stories of the day the first one donald trump has a lifted sanctions on a number of companies that are linked to a russian all of all like they're a pasta that actually includes the power company and the aluminum giant now like they're a pasta is an ally of russian president vladimir putin and he's also being investigated in the u.s. as part of robert miller's probe into a legit collusion between moscow and president trump's campaign in twenty sixteen the u.s. treasury department said the decision to remove sanctions was made because no

longer controls the company's critics including some republican lawmakers don't agree with that assessment. all right stephen so let's talk about these sanctions that have been lifted why were they they there and what does it mean that they're gone now rosen is a look complicated there's a lot going on here but basically these sanctions were part of a list of sanctions that were put in place in april two thousand and eighteen and they were sponsored to what was considered russian malign activity and then included the election interference in two thousand and sixteen and their activities in eastern ukraine in crimea. deposited was one of seven oligarchs that are very close to putin who were sanctioned as part of this and roussel was one of the companies basically what it does it blocks them it blocks his assets and blocks roussel from dealing in us dollars which basically kills their business because everything goes with u.s. dollars that has a critical critical consequences which is result as the world's second largest lunar producers that was going to send shock waves through world supply lines and

the u.s. quickly heard about that after they imposed sanctions from allies across europe for example the said this is really going to be disruptive and so weeks later they came back and said maybe we can work out a deal and that's where we are today they've delayed and delayed and delayed putting this into effect but now they announce that three days ago it's gone into effect today and basically as the piece said it removes his control which he had the holding company from the actual company itself removes his voting rights really shrinks them and then basically allows a lot of changes in the board of directors things like that that sounds like a compromise but there is criticism then for these sanctions being lifted why right it's a little complicated but basically through this deal the way that he moves some of his shares he actually gains hundreds of millions of dollars of his debt are basically wiped off which means he basically gains that money so i mean he's making a considerable deal from this and actually some of the shares that have been distributed his shares are been taken have been up and they're going to his allies and to his family and while they don't have voting rights they're still going to make a decent amount of money off of the dividends from the shares so in

a way it's sort of a sweetheart deal for him you could say if you're a critic but also obviously his connection to the miller investigation that's really been a hot topic and he does have a role obviously with paul mana fort. who has been convicted recently so there's a lot sort of going on here but that's where the criticism comes in there i have to see how that plays out another story when i ask you about a spanish taxi drivers blocking one of madrid's major roads over the weekend to protest the riot hilling service over let's take a look the drivers are demanding further restrictions on the service and they say it unfairly undercuts their business the spanish government has already agreed to clamp down on ober crude ng capping licenses for new drivers but taxi driver say those new regulations don't go far enough and they will continue their protest until their demands are met. stephen we've seen a lot of a taxi protests against what exactly do they want to hear in this case in madrid they want to exactly what barcelona just recently got and that is that all right

sharing orders have to be done an hour in advance and that's the rule they passed in barcelona you can imagine that pretty much killing so much of uber and other company kava fi's their businesses madrid wants the same thing spain already has a very heavy regulation against ride sharing including i think it's a ratio of one medallion for roger and companies for every thirty for normal taxi drivers so who has really tried to come into the european market and shape itself to regulations it had to learn early on that it couldn't just come in here brazenly the way it came into the american market that it had to shape itself according to their rules in spain that's really having a problem doing that though and it could be the place were just really doesn't work and i think that's a receding now is the question of will this actually work if they pass the same rule it's hard to imagine how that's possible for over to really survive there but of course if you're a taxi driver and you're paying one hundred fifty thousand euros for a medallion that's your livelihood so you can see that coming from all right stephen beardsley from business thank you so much for bring us up to date good.

to soccer news now and in the bundesliga byron munich have been playing catch up to first place dortmund all season but they've once again moved within six points of the league leaders. thanks to an emphatic win x. stuck. by here munich piled on the pressure from the stuff he commands every block but the ball eventually landed in front of tiago and he headed the needle of the reigning champ taking the lead up to just six minutes thanks to their midfield strategist and the bavarians then continued to impose their will on steel guards. in fact things were going so well that biron lost their concentration and suddenly it was one all thanks to have done it both tiago losing his battle with the great forward who loves to store against you two of his career five one just league goals coming against them. firing kicked off the second

time with just as much pressure as the first half to fifty five minutes the ball bounced around until the pound says you know buddy who's effort read to believe that she went home goal from still that's christiane gets the. band in the seventy first minute lay on the right stuff howard in a corner to make it three one his third goal since the winter break still got the most expensive transfer ever always on cup but failing to keep him contained. and shortly before the end robert leaven dubs he sealed the deal. on the final score of five and continue to keep pace with dortmund in the title race. ok let's take a look at the bundesliga standings after nineteen matches dortmund holds the top with a six point christian over byron with the third in the bottom half might have moved

up past brendan and are in striking distance of qualifying for next season's european tournaments hannover and nuremberg are holding firm down at the very bottom. a massive snow falls in the alps have created perfect conditions for just about any type of winter sport even one sport we normally associate with some heart these are images from the snow bike festival in switzerland a four day event that is the only race sanctioned by cycling's governing body to take place on snow covered about one hundred thirty kilometers of snow covered trails and about four thousand meters of fine. but. harder my dear now of our top story that we're following for you here on g.w. venezuela's self declared interim president wind wide though has appealed to the

country's military to back him as he challenges the leadership of the gas mileage she also called on all but as well as to hold fresh protests against mother though this week. thanks for watching good of unix. systems.

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