this is news coming to you live from berlin. up the pressure on their president waving flags and calling for free elections protesters take to the streets and tell president to go. are numbered and what to expect from his rival. also coming up america's midwest in the grip of deadly. temperatures cold and. is in chicago.

has ground to a halt. and a case of the. women here in germany have been found guilty of stealing taking food at a supermarket had thrown away. also coming up. on history's most difficult lessons while. we take you inside an israeli program that aims to promote peace by bringing holocaust survivors together with us. and a visit to the. it's become a breeding ground for africa's boxing champion will meet the next generation hoping to make it. oh i'm terry martin welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has been reacting to protests across venezuela reiterating his by. backing for self-proclaimed interim president won by dough. on twitter

overnight trump said he had spoken with wideout to congratulate him on assuming the presidency and to reinforce u.s. support for business with his fight to regain its democracy he called fresh protests against incumbent president nicolas maduro a fight for freedom. people across venezuela marched on wednesday to again demand that moderates step down they called on the armed forces to abandon the president and to allow humanitarian aid into the country. they can take away our right to protest the spanish wayland's in the capital caracas chant they're referring to the government of president nicolas maduro. in tory is one of the protest is she still wife of a prominent opposition leader who has been in jail for four years says she told you it was time for a new government comes. to receive. her

courtesy this is why we are here we wait to hear word everybody together for peace. and tori and many of these protesters are supporting one quite old who proclaimed himself interim president last week the country's chief prosecutor has opened an investigation into his challenge for power. not underestimating the threat of jail and i don't want it to be understood like that very responsibly i say there is nothing new coming from a regime that doesn't answer to the venezuelan people's needs their only response is repression and persecution venezuelan authorities are accusing him of helping foreign countries such as the u.s. to interfere in internal matters washington recognizes quite owes claim to read from this whaler on wednesday president donald trump phoned him to repeat a rate his support. for his past president mature wrote try to convince americans

that intervention would backfire on them they don't want to i call upon your conscience a color palm your solidarity be aware of the truth we must not allow a second vietnam to happen this time in latin america if the u.s. intervenes it will be worse for them than vietnam. according to a russian news agency much europe has to negotiate with the opposition in an attempt to regain support domestically. but talks i'm not what these protesters want. on. their team on to screen much your own must go. for more on the crisis about as well i'm joined now by dr peter bell a political scientist and latin america analyst from the american institute here in

berlin thanks for being with us this morning professor now the crisis in venezuela seems to be coming to a head there's been a mass exodus from the from the country the economy is on its knees and and dozens of countries are now recognize or no longer recognizing the doro as president how long can nicolas maduro hold on quite a lot of time as long as he doesn't lose the support of the country's army. and if he doesn't lose the support of china and russia and most important perhaps if he doesn't lose support of his. bases in the. country's population so this will be one of the biggest questions of the next days if the opposition really is able to organize new mosque protests and so this my one point during the month order to step down the world's attention is now fixed on one go i do know the opposition figure who heads bennis well as national assembly and says he is now the

country's legitimate president the us and nearly fifty other countries have now recognized wide as the legitimate president is why do capable of pushing ma doro out. not allege because he. has no real power the whole state ever was in the hands of the regime so he only can trust in the support of the people he can of course trust also in international support for what he is trying to do but he alone without the help of the army will not be able to do what he needs what he wants to talk a little bit on why don't for a moment because there is so much attention on him right now a lot is riding on him what can kind of leader is he and what could we expect from him if he were to take control of the country he's a young man he comes from

a desk family background his father's a taxi driver. so he's not part of the traditionally gets it he is quite clever in using the social media or he is acting in a calm way so i think he's doing what he really can do what can we expect while he has announced that most important thing would be well first that man who has to step down then to organize a transitional government to organize a situation that allows him in terry to help for the people because they are suffering and then create the conditions for. free and fair election and then of course organize. these elections now let's talk about the u.s. too because they're playing a role in all of this we're hearing donald trump talking a lot about what's going on in venezuela the u.s. is bringing all the power it has to bear in this crisis short of military

intervention briefly if you can what are the u.s. what are you u.s. interests in venezuela that's that's true of the united states has been stepping in quite strongly in the last few days that's also one of the risks for more dura because you must not seem to be a puppet of the trump. administration that would mean that he might newsmen. because then he would lose the support of the even his own people so what of the united states' interests of course the united states is interested in a stable and non socialist venezuela and then they all the oil interests is a market for exports for imports and so basically this would be ok pressure thank you so much dr pitt abella from the american institute here in

berlin thanks for talking with us this morning and pleasure. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today malaysia has a new kings sultan of doula has ascended the throne of the southeast asian country nearly a month after his predecessors surprised abdication sultan blood is also a problem it's figure in sports federations including the council of fifty world soccer is governing body. thora to use or turning to drones as their latest weapon in the fight against mold in bangkok. of the miniature aircraft will be spraying treated water in a bid to help clear the air capital has been shrouded in a dense haze for weeks storing widespread fears about public health. and the u.s. federal reserve has warned that america would suffer disruptions from a disorderly brags it. says he is watching britain's divorce from the e.u.

very carefully as british prime minister theresa may tries to reopen. with. the. now to the united states where as many as twelve people have died as a result of the deep freeze that's gripping the american midwest weather colder than ant arctic has grounded flights crippled infrastructure and brought life to a standstill for tens of millions of people the polar vortex is a mass of freezing air that normally spins around the north pole in winter but has slipped southwards into the u.s. . chicago the windy city no stranger to wicked winter weather but this week's lows haven't been this brutal in decades breathing can be painful even dangerous and that's not only the case in america's third largest city six u.s. states have recorded temperatures colder than antarctica weather stations across large parts of canada and the u.s. have registered temperatures at minus thirty degrees celsius or more factor in the

wind chill and it's more than minus fifty the culprit for the cold chaos a massive subzero air called a polar vortex so named because it normally stays put around the north pole but this week it's humble people further south. this is the. scene in. three different layers on top and bottom. ok. this is. everyone needs to get here. two. of the to get to illustrate the effects of extreme cold a chicago based reporter threw a cup of boiled water in the air the water froze almost instantly and fell back down as snow. temperatures this far below freezing can also have drastic effects on people the homeless are at particular risk cities across the midwest have opened

warming centers including police stations and roving buses for anyone seeking shelter from the cold. weather has caused more than two thousand flight cancellations school and office closures transit delays and multi-car pileups on slippery roads even the u.s. postal service whose unofficial motto takes pride in their work has halted mail delivery in many places the polar vortex looks to be lingering through the rest of the week only then might it release millions of people from its icy embrace. has been suspended but. the chilly streets of chicago and sent us this up. this is one of the most populous cities in the country and there's barely a soul on the street the ones that we have run into have been warmly advising us to seek shelter as soon as possible it's so cold that exposed skin could frostbite immediately and your hair and even your eyeballs could freeze the chicago river which is a massive body of water right next to me is completely frozen over the coal has

also worked at the city's train tracks forcing officials to light the tracks on fire in order to keep public transit running polevoy to see it happen every year but even for the windy city this is extreme. weather in chicago there well you are watching news still to come we take you inside an israeli program that pairs holocaust survivors with young germans it's hoped the conversations that happened here will stop history from repeating itself. here in germany a court has given to students a suspended jail sentence and ordered them to perform several hours of community service their crime stealing discarded food from supermarket rubbish containers dumpster diving as it's known is against the law in germany but the women said all they were doing was salvaging perfectly edible food and giving it to the needy.

fancy and happy that trial missed bringing the issue to light they are convinced that stealing from supermarket dumps just isn't a crime but the cult's ruling was sobering. we were hoping to be clear that. the pair were caught right in the rubbish bins of a local supermarket they say they were saving food from going to waste for the dumpsters were full mostly with milk products like cheese and yogurt there was also bottled juice and some vegetables. german supermarkets dispose of tons of unused foodstuffs angering many in germany so called dumpster diving has become a movement here but it's illegal most germans country understand why every since survey showed that more than eighty percent of germans want less food to be frightened away. sometimes the expiry date is still good but it's there and out

anyway because new products are already there. this because it's taking food from dumps to regard to stealing but morally it's the right thing to do. supermarkets insist that they are obliged to protect consumers against the consumption of projected food attorney cardigan hat has been following the case he thinks one solution is to change the law as france has done. legal situation in france with change so that individual food shops are obligated to you through to continue to use the fruits of a not throw them away so individual shops would for example be required to follow food share in course circles. that's what fancy and cattle are calling for along with their supporters gathered outside court that started an online petition to raise awareness. and something has to change more than eight hundred

thousand people have signed our petition. even if they didn't get the cool trilling they wanted they did manage to achieve something substantial people in germany now talking about the issue. well it's a mixed bag these days facebook on the positive side the world's largest social network says it saw a nine percent increase in users last year and growing user base has led to record profits as digital advertising has continued to flock to the network but it's all told good news apple has announced it will be removing a facebook branded research from its apple store paid teenagers too but facebook monitor their usable habits without clearly stating what information was gathered. facebook has faced a backlash over the program which both industry observers and american politicians say amounts to quote wiretapping teens. well let's talk more about facebook

bring in our frankfurt correspondent paul christiane blitz so facebook seems to be doing better than many people thought what's behind the company's latest numbers. yeah that is actually the case the expectations weren't so good especially since facebook is gone such as through such a rough year with issues of of a propaganda hacks and sharing of customer data but that all doesn't seem to affect the bottom line logons are actually up when they used to be stagnating and the quarterly revenue was up thirty percent compared to the last year and that's good of a much better than expected and investors are happy the shares rose eleven percent after our trading on wall street and some side of the most reassuring information facebook has given and it's history ok well i'm told facebook is merging its messaging app with what's up and instagram what's the rationale behind that is it

something consumers are going to like. merging might be a little bit of a misnomer it's not going to conflate all of these into one their is going to stay separate but the data behind them will be shared so it will be easier to message across the platforms maybe from whatsapp to facebook for example the idea is of course to to strengthen the core the core product facebook now that is bringing up consumer data protection issues though especially in europe where the irish data protection commission has already asked face but what exactly it wants to do they're worried that more customer data might be shared and privacy might not be facebook's main issue privacy concerns not going away with facebook paul courson lets their forests in frankfurt thank you so much. this week we're we've

been bringing you stories of elderly holocaust survivors passing on the difficult lessons of history to today's younger generations this morning the german parliament is holding its remembrance ceremony marking the holocaust our next report takes us to israel where there's a program that brings together young german volunteers with holocaust survivors in the name of peace. this separated by aids and history but together they are preaching again the uncommon for ninety eight years ago. once a week she said this is to. the young two minutes doing a voluntary. thank you so says if you i think it's very important to deal with history. and after a previous exchange in israel i said that if i take a sabbatical after school i'd like to do voluntary work. if i really need the organization action be conciliation service for peace has been bringing together young germans and holocaust survivors for years the conversations are the most

important part of the encounter. cowman witnessed the rise of the nazis in berlin in the one nine hundred thirty s. when she was a teenager. is informed it didn't happen all at once but from month to month there were new things that jews were no longer allowed to do the sort of people would ask themselves are things were really that bad that they should leave and they decided to stay a bit longer and my family was one of those which stayed up until one thirty nine still believing that things couldn't get that bad today wonder how could he be so stupid that the talk was. they were germans like everyone else on to the nazis took over shortly before the outbreak of war in one nine hundred thirty nine marianna cowman fled to sweden with the help of the zionist used organization her family scattered to other countries in the one nine hundred forty nine she started a new life in israel it wasn't until the early sixty's that she traveled through

germany again a trip she took with much tribulation. i was shaken and i thought this is a german house this is a german dog and everything that i saw seemed to be labeled by me. despite her concerns she decided to start a dialogue with the germans it was a highly controversial decision in israel at that time. and when later on my husband and i were back here and ready to talk to germans they have tacked us and said they wanted to make soap out of you and you talk to them how dare you but we did it and i still believe that it's the right thing to do. is. young. well in tears like daniela benefit from her decision to this day it cuts out in this thing that i am one of the last who are able to do this my niece for example won't be able to sit down with a woman who was born in one thousand nine hundred twenty one and talk to her about her history and her time five years this kind of work allows me to do what i need

to do to act as a bridge to talk with young people about israel politics or whatever is required and that is important to me while i'm still here and can still talk about it. so. both agree that this very personal exchange between the generations is the best way to understand what happened under the nazis and during the holocaust. and germany is going to start will be commemorating the millions of lives lost in the holocaust in a remembrance ceremony that is to begin at the top of the next hour we'll be bringing you that live here on the. sports and the canadian town of book called maybe a long way from the last baby is but it's fast becoming a focal point for boxing has produced five world champions in the sport including

nelson considered africa's greatest ever boxer a reporter florist trick or a caught up with a young man hoping to become the town's next success story. the morning routine of a champion feliks gets ready for his first run of the day. here in book most grind else and leaving from the fishing charade but fenech says it's not much of a life he has dreams and boxing could be his escape route. fisherman syria gets enough money. to take care of. korea i say you. have to work. five and these streets have turned out some of the best fighters in africa. that people here leave crowded together from

a young age kids learn to fight for what they want. that is sometimes referred to as the unofficial university of boxing and the victory in the rink a fast track to fame and fortune people here saying feliks has all the right stuff to make a big ball but don't wow well felix is very good he does well in the boxing ring. he often knocks out his opponents in round two. he doesn't waste time and energy at all we support him we are as fans and wherever he goes we follow him to give him the support he won't read it or not warn us in that overnight. feliks trains here at the bronx boxing gym a favorite destination for book says who hope to make it big. it's one of dozens of

make chief gene scott talk about plus town. children as young as six come here every day after school to practice. look yoko says to come has all the right ingredients to produce champions because. it is a challenge there's a lot of things here. model put up by james in this in just these regions talking about books and so that's also you there the challenge in a competition i want to comes from. he says it's this intense competition that propels too many books that's from who come to succeed. you know course starts at the gym fifteen years ago and form fifteen failed what feats he says to give the kids here hope for a better future. over here most of the boys on the school from the street and if

you want to take them out on the street to come visit. you would go to the gym and read stuff and being a took in every month. right up judah called you out i would bring them to the gym and you include the new kid on a figment they give the money to get some food or get something to support themselves so we become more and difficult for you to keep helping people but as well we have choose to do local ups one day the boys who make a big will come back to help the jam and the community. but all feliks con fink about right now is what's he going to achieve beyond called. i want to be a writer and deny future. i want to be a great you're going to be going to jump you know. it's a goof i have both seen you call it political good for now it's a dream sure chase for the streets he calls home.

you're watching the news coming up after a short break focus on europe this week spotlights all people power in countries across europe i'll be back talking next hour for thanks for being with us. the for. the for. the by. the for.

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once upon a time there was a young girl with a burning ambition. to become a conductor. i was a very curious child and very excited and in love with music and i would go to concerts with my parents and. then for being on stage stations and being part of that magic it wasn't difficult trying to trust. the girls she was told to become conductor but this girl right and obsessive. and one day she really did become world famous conductor brimming over with virtuous city construction.

among them up. my stuff. starts feb eighteenth on t.w. . to. zero in a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin in the italian capital rome where people are quite simply furious why well because the city is drowning in rubbish rome's trash collectors are supposed to remove five thousand tonnes of rubbish each day but why should they take it unfortunately for the time.