the largest the. start figuring the t o t w. this is deja vu news live from burma venezuela's power struggle self declared interim president calls on the country's military to back him but can he convince commanders to renounce their loyalty to make a last minute are. also coming up from so-called reeducation camps to anti whole 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. another democrat jumps into america's twenty twenty presidential election campaign many see california senator come live harris as one of the heavyweights and what promises to be a crowded field of candidates. and in sports defending bullis to get champions fired you next day hot on the heels of league leaders dortmund after a rocky start to the season byron show they're back on track again stood guard and you're certain to make it a tight race for the title. i'm sumi so it'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 an 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 you know as the military is key to staying in power the opposition leader 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 and i want 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 g.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 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 o. has basically used to intimidate the population to to be subservient to and through until not come out of the 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 is

they they really needed this this lifeline exemption they that why though has sense 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 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 they need a change they need to break the deadlock because right now it is a very hopeless situation a kind of a clean 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 despair all right jennifer come you know gonzales for us thank you so much for sharing your insights. thank you let's catch up now on some other stories making headlines around the world a u.n. expert on executions has arrived in turkey as part of an international inquiry into the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi agnes cullum are and a team of legal and forensic experts will spend a week investigating the murder which took place nearly four months ago when the saudi consulate in istanbul. 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 a dam to be safe. emergency workers have been assisting residents in the cuban capital have anna after a rare and powerful tornado struck overnight at least three people were killed and scores were injured the twister destroyed numerous homes and vehicles and disrupted

electrical power in several districts. of course in china has sentenced the prominent rights lawyer wants 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 long was detained in aug twenty fifteen as part of a wider crackdown on lawyers all 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 muchas spilling over reports it's not unusual for our own 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 and time movement who support the queues 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. cortical sure what's going to limit their rights as part of a minority. shuffle inflatable show. known 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

is clear. muslims make up less than two percent of china's population and run 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 arrives 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 or to the head of this congregation says he supports state policy so we share them with the religion should serve society first and foremost a lot it should be managed in harmony with our social system so that's the right way in that country. 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 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 our usual way what would you like to see that don't live on the edge would come on. 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 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 your. young man quarter let's see if i'm wrong fear is the worst for chinese muslims may be yet to come. let's get some analysis on that story now with china alice michael auberry 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 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 of trying member 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 they 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 anderson paying 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 this 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 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 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 there 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 clearly 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 of 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 start 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. to the us now a democratic senator a couple of 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 here is

draw 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 i'm like 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 us and speak about what matters and ultimately be reinvigorated by her yeah 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's trump 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. the 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 buyable shot at the presidency what do i think. 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 donald trump her supporters definitely think she does understand people she understand any of the understand the needs of our country and she has morals which we don't have right now. with the year and a half until the democrats pick their presidential nominee kaamelott her is still has a long way to go but her. beyond doubt a good start. for president trump has lifted sanctions on a number of companies led to a russian all of arco like. that of j.s.c. power company and aluminum giant resolve now like they're a pos 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 alleged collusion between moscow and president 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

company critics including some republican lawmakers don't agree with that assessment. we have stephen variously with us from get your business to talk more about this story even talk to us about these sanctions why were they there in the first place and what does it mean now that they're gone reisa 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 i believe twelve. form a line activity russians russia's malign activity which they describe as the election interference 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 unsuccessful 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 lobbying effort both on the behalf of the 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 mode 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 criticism because it sounds like a compromise was reached you know there is criticism because for two reasons one is that it really it gives sanctions relief on a lot of people didn't believe that there needed to be any sanctions relief they didn't buy this explanation that it would be so disruptive to world markets that it would really outweigh 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 has hundreds of

millions of dollars in debt relieved 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. half 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 right 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 bird 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 his 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 for over 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 is proving to be very difficult for them it would be interesting to see what happens and other road block for over then i think your business thank you so much. soccer news now and in the bundesliga buyer in munich have been playing catch

up to first place stark meant all season but they once again moved within six points of the league leaders thanks to an emphatic win at stuttgart. by here munich piled on the pressure from the start teams they've come on separate blocks but the ball their bench really landed in front of tiago and he credited the need for the reigning champ taking the lead out to just six minutes thanks to their midfield strategist and the bavarians then continued to impose their will on chicago. in fact things were going so well that byron lost their concentration and suddenly it was one all thanks to. the tiago losing his battle with the greek forward loves to score against us 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 half to fifty five minutes

the ball bounced around until it found says you know buddy who's desperate three took the lead to an own goal from still got suppressed to get the bend in the seventy first minute lay on the right stuff powered in a corner to make it three one his third goal since the winter break still got the most expensive transfer ever ozone kubba failing to keep him contained. and shortly before the end robert leavened up he sealed the deal. on the final score of that but continued to keep pace with dortmund and the title race. right let's look at the bundesliga standings after nineteen matches a darkman holding on top with a six point question over byron with mention got back and third in the bottom half mines have moved up past bremen and are in striking distance of qualifying for next season's european tournaments and over a number of our holding firm down at the very bottom. the asian cup football

tournament is in its stretch run with two semifinal match ups in two days later will be four time champs japan taking on iran tomorrow the hosts of the tournament the united arab emirates played guitar iran by the way is the favorite to win it all it would be iran's first asian cup in forty three years. now massive snow falls in the alps have created perfect conditions for just about any type of winter sport and even once what 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 and about four thousand meters of climb. or minder now of our top stories we're following for you here on t w venezuela self declared interim president why though has appealed to the country's military to

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