this is a newsletter from pope francis warns of a bloodbath. president. calls for fresh street protests against president with dora. growing as israel and australia join other countries in recognizing his rival also on the program a course in china's sentences a prominent rights lawyer for the hof and subversion of state powell human rights groups say it is a gross injustice. to the democratic kicks off her campaign for the twenty

us presidential election california. consider the heavyweight promises to be a crowded field of. welcome to the program the pope has spoken out about venice webb's political crisis saying that he's terrified of a bloodbath. francis called for i just peaceful solution and said he would not take sides he was speaking to reporters as he returned to rome from a catholic youth gathering in panama. and support all venezuelan people who are suffering if i were to say duties to those countries or other countries i put myself in a role that i don't annoy he did be a pastoral imprudence and would do damage to get them to agree isn't enough it requires a just and peaceful solution i'm terrified of

a bloodbath. we will call for fresh protests against a president maduro the venezuelan opposition also wants new elections several european countries of war that they will switch their support to mr garrido if no vote is called he's also been trying to persuade army generals to abandon their support for president obama doro but offering an amnesty. in a carefully staged show of solidarity even as well as president nicolas maduro joins soldiers for morning drills he also took part in military maneuvers intended to display government strength and its preparedness. let me have my time calling on all members of our armed forces to show maximum unity and discipline to be ready to repel the imperialists coup attempt. regular citizens delivered military personnel an offer of amnesty from opposition leader and self to clip the president one. at

numerous barricades the letter was immediately burned or torn up meanwhile quite a which ended a church service to remember the dozens of people who have lost their lives in recent days he says he's ready to negotiate but only if certain conditions are met . and so this illegitimate government a transitional government and the promise of reelection is that simply what the people of venezuela demanding. later called for fresh protests both at home and abroad to take place later this week. i don't mind you know if we want to support the european union's initiative and their ultimatum. is easy but that's an ultimatum that president majida has already categorically rejected straight to the venezuelan capital caracas and where we find the d w correspondent welcome aska we just heard that they are important military has declared its backing for president but doro so what might prompt them to switch

well i was a strong supporter in the military because i reckon officers have a huge economic and political interest in misrata and they also share the responsibility of human rights violations and torture there are being investigated for example in the hague and other international courts that is the law in that by the minutes one parliament was to order middle and lower ranking officers but there are many factors that have to play out the military it's a necessity so who are more casualties during protests and demonstrations that i want to continue in the political conflict cysts. so what want go ugh why doha's call for more public protests this week the previous ones have turned violent and what can we expect this time. well there has been rather protests all throughout last week especially in the slums and poor areas that are protesting not only against motherhood against the costs. and marks so major demonstration resorts and

violence because of violent repression from on forces this adds to the long list of human rights violations that are being investigated and there are already pressure on the un stephen rights commissioner to come and this event is laid out in the coming weeks so what else clinton presidency announced is unstable for lacking a military support and some argue that now the us presidency is justice of the world from the rejection of the students and general public the international pressure that supporting. let's talk about the general public because this political crisis is happening us venezuelan struggled with a crippled economy and food shortages so how do they feel about this presidential standoff well the opposition has said they are open to negotiations but they are not want to sit through anymore all starts with my goodness government since monday at office in two thousand and thirteen there are people who are going to swell and have seeing there have been at least three think

about routes between opposition and government and there is only almost there is the most government fails to deliver their end of the bargain the main one being elections with a new electoral council that has been accused of being rather fraudulent not only here but as well but also international so in the past charts have resulted in by immigrants and people are tired that you want to go to elections with a new electoral council and that is something one would not have said has to happen in the coming in this is for me you've talked about the people that i wonder are we talking about the opposition being tired of fighting to fulfill his promises and what is the popular support like for either side in this crisis. we stopped our support on wednesday or last week how the opposition filled the streets mother will still have some support of justice does of. people that are supporting

the government we went on the chamber of over protest last week and we saw that a lot of people that were supporting a lot were actually government workers people involved with collectives and that's what mother would want and they actually had to change the speech wherever it was in a good because people started meeting those protests. and the general public or what we see here from here is that he has been losing approval points from even southeast us we have seen chinese does come to the opposition so there are a lot of protests last year that were involving also charmes dozen people that supported the government for not receiving during this shortage for medicine or how the health. system is working here at the moment so we've seen a lot of protests not only from opposition but also check instance and his approval

ratings have been growing consistently since the past three years oscar flanker in caracas thank you the judges in china have sentenced a prominent human rights lawyer to for the hof he was imprisoned one soon john was convicted of subverting state power and acted as defense lawyer for members of the band spiritual movement to follow and go as well as villagers in land rights cases the dublin use has been speaking with his wife lee went. happier times the food hispanic was torn apart before the chinese human rights lawyer luncheon chung was detained for months his wife the one still didn't even know whether he was alive. some friends came to visit lee and her son today knowing she was facing an all the tough blow. the court has just sentenced one change on to four and a half years in prison. so he would have to go again for i was the only one who

into the case being over. but now it's come to an end i feel very sad. it's an unfair and unjust ruling with oil. and it's not the one i wanted to work. five years. lito d.w. that she only discovered the court's ruling from the internet authorities have denied any visits by the family throughout the trial her son has not seen his father since the arrest. and twenty fifteen one disappeared after what was widely seen as a government crackdown on human rights lawyer wang has now been found guilty of subversion of state power the ones who says she doesn't accept the court's ruling on her national may offend one trend jiang is not to blame for anything and. i love him and they treated him harshly because he's did have and did not make any

compromises how they put it in a book in person you. believe is keeping her head shaved as a protest against her husband's treatment she says she will continue to fight for rights until the day comes when the family history united's. not some of the other stories making news around the world people in cuba are assessing the damage caused by a rare and powerful tornado that struck the capital overnight at least three people were killed and scores injured and vehicles were destroyed and power supplies disrupted. a u.n. expert on executions has arrived in turkey as part of an international inquiry into the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. a team of legal and forensic experts will spend a week for the first case in the murder that took place almost four months ago inside the saudi consulates in istanbul. the german government has assured drivers

it has no plans to introduce a maximum speed limit on motorways a poll had shown that fifty two percent of germans favor such a limit after a government proposal suggesting one was leaked. american taliban officials are reported to have agreed a framework for a peace deal for afghanistan the us and forces the taliban have committed to preventing the country from being used as a base for terror groups america is considering withdrawing all of its troops in return for a cease fire and direct talks between the taliban and the afghan government. and the us itself most of the eight hundred thousand workers who were laid off during the record thirty five day federal government shutdown are returning to work and will receive back pay on friday president trump and congress agreed to reopen the government temporarily and without funding for his border war. staying in the united states democratic senator campbell harris has formally launched her bid for

the presidency a party she hopes her background as a prosecutor will help her win the nomination to challenge donald trump in twenty twenty seven to harrisburg on her campaign in oakland california presenting herself as a leader who could unite the country. long lines in downtown oakland come a long hair is big crowd here for her campaign 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 bully 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. the 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 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. the democratic proxies looking for fresh faces and common law 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 but now she is the first female black candidate having a viable shot at the presidency. but here 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 all trump supporters definitely think she does understand people she understand here the 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 harris still has a long way to go but her oakland rally was beyond doubt a good start. as a reminder of the top stories at this hour pope francis has said he. has no solution to the country's crisis is from. interim president. has called

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