the but. this is deja vu news live from berlin venezuela's power struggle south declared interim president won by the old calls on the country's military to back him but can he convince commanders to renounce their loyalty to nicolas mongrel also coming up from so-called reeducation camps to anti hold all activists muslims make up just two percent of the chinese population but increasingly they face persecution look at expert analysis on the rise of islamophobia in china. and defending bundesliga

champions find munich stay hot on the heels of league leaders dortmund after a rocky start to the season fire and show that they're back on track against good guard and you're certain to make it a tight race for the title. i'm sumi so what's going to it's good to have you with 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 maduro has rejected and ultimatum from europe to hold fresh elections within eighty 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 fort.

were in two thousand and 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. 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 won why dole was 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 i thought it would be good 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 i won quite zero 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 military 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 their 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 until not come out and be mobilized but right now they are vacuum of the world 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 this day they really needed this this lifeline exemption is that why though has sent before why though maybe is that the regime 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 hope and so we can expect a big showing and is it 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 lose 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 that 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 needed change they need to break the deadlock because right now it is a very hopeless situation economy clee mother who has tried to institute 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 let's catch up now on some other stories making news 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 inspectors found 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 journal's jamal khashoggi agnus camarda 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. 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 sindh signal hill in lyons had authorities have not yet issued any evacuation orders and in australia hundreds of thousands of fish died overnight on a stretch of a major river in new south wales state it's the third mass fish killed in the area in recent weeks local officials blame the deaths on drought but critics say water mismanagement is partly to blame. a court in china has sentenced the

prominent rights lawyer wants in john to four and a half years in jail for subversion of state power one is known for defending political activists and members of the fallen gong spiritual movement rights groups have denounced the sentence calling it a mockery wang 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 growing pressure from a legit reeducation camps in 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 is filling the reports. it's not unusual for iran 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 a so-called anti helen movement who supporters accuse muslims of dividing the

country they're calling on airlines and universities to stop serving her lao food dishes prepared according to muslim law china's internet censors have nothing against these kinds of messages what do you have for sure the goal of this movement is to clamp down on muslims cortical sure what's going to limit their rights as part of a minority. shuffle inflated. 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 agree 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 and iran whose real name is to a house in belongs to the queer 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 scorched 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 so that's the right way and that's not going to. even though daily life in jena is muslim quarter looks like business as usual state 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 an erratic script. 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 our usual. level jet it was here that on live on the edge we got mobbed. and ron is one of few chinese intellectuals who have openly criticized the state specific usually of the weakest this has led to police questioning him for two days he says he is afraid but refuses to remain silent who. wants to 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 you. young man culture hits here 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 america 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. 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 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 set 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 can do but it's gotten a little more extreme undersea temping 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 or

for representing those is like deep 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 radical change any kind of belief system that could be in conflict to its own ideology so this is targeting something the. they feel is threatening their 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 camps is something and even if you just look at chinese media itself something that could be considered radical just like having a beer and 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 number of a range of responses that could be considered and should be pursued seriously sorry taking a tougher line there than on china michael berg from the think tank merrick's here in berlin thank you so much for joining us thanks for having me. turning to the us now and democratic senator coming to harris has formally launched her bid for the presidency she's 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 oakland come along her is drew 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 platforms and speak about what matters and ultimately be reinvigorated fire this really 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 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. the democratic party's looking for fresh faces and come along harris who's been a u.s. senator for only two years certainly. she grew up here in all clans a diverse industrial city known for its toughness high crime rates and political left wing activists but now she is the first female black candidate having a buyable shot at the presidency. i don't think yet but where 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 understand people she understand the me of the country understand the needs of our country and she has morals which we don't have right now. with a year and

a half until the democrats pick their presidential nominee kaamelott her is still has a long way to go but her oakland rally was beyond doubt a good start. now president trump has lifted sanctions on a number of companies linked to a russian all of our own like deira pascoe that includes the j.s.c. power company and aluminum giant for sol elector apos guy is an ally of russian president vladimir putin he is also being investigated in the us as part of robert miller's probe into alleged collusion between moscow and president donald trump's campaign in two thousand and sixteen of the us treasury department said the decision to remove sanctions was made because there are no longer controls the companies critics including some republican lawmakers do not agree with that assessment. we have stephen baird flee with us from debut business to talk more about this story stephen talk to us about the sanctions why were they there in the

first place and what does it mean now that they're gone i says some of these sanctions go back to april two thousand and eighteen and that's when the trump administration targeted a group of russians seven oligarchs a number of businesses of leave twelve. for malign activity russians russia's malign activity which they describe as the election interference in two thousand and sixteen its actions in eastern ukraine and in the crimea among others and the goal was to really obviously punish them and make them successful on an international level obviously when you pull back the reach of the use of american dollars for exam for these businesses then you make them on viable and that was a threat against resolve was that by removing its access to the international markets it was going to basically send a clear message and what happened though was that there was a great a lobbying effort both on the behalf of result self but also from european allies of the u.s. who said this is going to be too disruptive obviously result has its own interest for its survival and for others they said this is going to be too disruptive to the

markets and it would be a step too far and so weeks after the announcement of the sanctions there was another announcement that hey this may be too much we're going to look at a deal so why is there then quickly they didn't buy this explanation that it would be so disruptive to world markets that it would really outwait the message sent by the sanctions themselves they believe that a strong message was sent the second is that once details of the deal itself came out the deal by which. is sort of put into the limelight a bit it looked like he was getting sort of something special out of it in the sense that he actually gets through the structure of deal he gets hundreds of millions of dollars in debt relief through it by passing on some of the shares if you look at it he doesn't have majority stake in the controlling company but him his family his allies actually do have a majority not voting but they get a lot of money out of this so a lot of criticism for all of these reasons even i do want to ask you about another story spanish taxi drivers. blocking one of madrid's major roads of the weekend to protest the ride hailing service over take a look here the drivers are demanding

a further restrictions on the service they say it unfairly undercuts their business the spanish government has already agreed to clamp down on. capping licenses for new drivers but the taxi drivers here say the new regulations don't go far enough and that they will continue their protest until their demands are met stephen we've seen plenty of protests here in europe against by taxi drivers what do these taxi drivers actually want right in a word what they want to madrid is what barcelona just got and what they got in barcelona was a rule that basically says any ride sharing order must be made an hour in advance now can you imagine the sort of defeats the purpose of the away from right exactly and so that pretty much ensures they can do business as normal as any business in that city in madrid with these taxi drivers like in many other cities have felt incredibly. disrupted by what was going on and their livelihoods a stake this is a fair role for them and that's what they want peace talks drivers pay one hundred fifty thousand euros for a taxi license so you can see how their livelihoods might fill under threat of this

goes into their efforts to work with european cities and accept some of the regulations and they've been able to actually get into more european cities than they did initially by sort of understanding some of what they want with their rules not coming into a brazenly like that in the american market but spain might be another matter altogether it's proving to be very difficult for them to be interesting to see what happens and other road blocks for. your business thank you so much let's move on to sports now in soccer news the book this league of byron munich have been playing catch up to first place dortmund all season but they once again moved within six points of the league leaders thanks to an emphatic win at stuttgart. i hear munich piled on the pressure from the start things they come on separate blocks but the ball the bench where they landed in front of tiago and he added that neither of the banking chaps taking the lead out just six minutes thanks to their midfield strategist and the bavarians then continued to impose their will

on stuttgart. in fact things were going so well that biron lost their concentration and suddenly it was one zero thanks to him and johnny i'm tiago losing his battle with the great forwards loves to score against you to his career five one just league goals coming against them. firing kicked off a second time with just as much pressure as the first fifty five minutes the ball bounced around until it found sage the novelty whose effort we took the lead to a home goal from still that's christiane good. bend 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 also on cup box failing to keep him contained. and

shortly before the end robert leaven jobs he sealed the deal. on the final score but continued to keep pace with dortmund and the title race. this will die off had been on a high in recent weeks four wins in the last four games including a winning at stuart minute but on sunday fourth place lights proved to be too tough a test for the newly promoted side. a poorly cleared corner in the second minute so you suppose simply cure that disorient to do so but the fence abidal one new lead in the scrap i'm kept up beyond saw which center back. cannot say calmly striding forward and not to his first ever been to see a good goal just seven minutes later posted once again at the center of things sobbing home a pass from comedy club the pope might see a dream you know a little over a quarter of an hour marcel subjects are ripped open

a quiet second forcing a solid c. of the i'm a pounced on rounding out the scoring for life to get borneo in the sixty eighth minute. carlsen in light so you could soak up a critical when putting them one step closer to a top four finish. massive snowfall in the alps have created perfect conditions for just about any type of winter sport and even one sport we normally associate with the summer 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 it covered about one hundred thirty kilometers of snow covered trails about four thousand meters of climb. you're watching g.w. coming up the global three thousand with a look at how beijing's influence on hong kong continues to grow and how cold power is impacting people and nature in south africa that's coming up in just

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