what's your story take part sheriff on informix grinstein. this is deja vu news live from berlin a high ranking venezuelan general denounces president nicolas maduro defected to the opposition on twitter francisco units of the x. files declared allegiance to self appointed interim president don why does in cities across the country massive protests are underway we'll go live to caracas

also coming out russian president vladimir putin says his country will follow washington's lead in suspending a landmark nuclear arms control pact could this be the start of a new arms race plus right a very very tom brady and the new england patriots are going for a record six super bowl but a lot of american football fans are backing their opponent to the l.a. rams we find out why. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program and venezuela high ranking air force general has declared allegiance to opposition leader one. general francisco younis released a video statement via twitter saying he recognized him as interim head of state it's a major victory for quite a who has been working hard to persuade venezuela when us wireless. forces to

abandon support for president nicolas maduro let's hear a bit of what the general had to say maybe who i am addressing you today to say that i reject the illegitimate and dictatorial authority of mr nicolas maduro and accept one quite go as the president in charge of the boulevard republic of venezuela in a way ninety percent of the armed forces oppose the dictator and support the venezuelan people if. that high profile backing comes as thousands of protesters held rival rallies across venezuela self declared interim president one why don't you join supporters in the capital caracas they want to do roach call fresh elections everywhere madeira supporters held rallies marking twenty years since the rise to power of late neda hugo chavez bunch of men to row support comes from venezuela's military leaders and that's why general ghana's is backing is being seen as a major development. let's go straight to caracas where correspondent is standing

by oscar events when an air force general has just declared his support for quiet oh is this the beginning of the end of president era. well that's what many damage we weren't here today at the protests. but we felt it will be your circular the beginning of a domino were for i know you are not will replace however so. there are more numbers that generals are not in the command. groups or in the insured and there he is the freedom to explore their. supporters or. tell you today. we are not traitor we will remain loyal and it is becoming very apparent that this is the slogan that we need to hold. troops together. and have some kind of support for mother grossest normal well in general. sorry to

interrupt you there the general claims most of the military also support quite a that truth why haven't we heard from them well there is a lot of pressure from the high ranking officers not to report one great deal because a lot of them are being investigated for human rights violations corruption even drug trafficking investigations are pointing towards a lot of the high ranking officers so if they. kind of. fluky to mother would all they might go down with him you were at those protests in caracas what he's hearing from those taking part. well i'm actually in one of the concentration for the opposition we just saw one brave all passing by on a motorcycle we're expecting to hear from him to there is a lot of hope from the people here that this is the beginning of the end of

a twenty year old revolution that has been taking place here and it's rather full of hope that this is the only way that they will see change here in venezuela the geminis oscars one k. in caracas thank you russia has pulled out of a key nuclear arms control treaty one day after the u.s. did the same thing russian president vladimir putin also announced moscow would begin developing new weapons systems and ordered his ministers not to initiate any new disarmament talks with washington he's more of what putin had to say when he comes confronted with our american partners have announced they are suspending their participation in the deal and we're also suspending our participation. but. we will wait until our partners are mature enough to conduct an equal meaningful dialogue with us on this important topic you know. who was responding to the u.s.

decision to pull out of the cold war era i.n.f. treaty secretary of state. said washington was suspending its compliance because it had been breaching the arms control agreement agreement with the us says its weapons like these s s c eight cruise missiles with a range of little five hundred meters that show russia has violated the treaty. over the latest let's bring in our moscow correspondent emily show and emily president putin is now following suit after the u.s. pull out of the treaty is this an escalation well rebecca from the russian side this is certainly more of a tit for tat reaction bloody near putin today said the u.s. is pulling out so we're pulling out the u.s. is looking into building new weapons so we will do the same and this is very much the russian side kind of shifting the blame for this whole i.n.f. treaty basically falling apart to the u.s. they said today as well putin his defense minister and the foreign minister that

actually the u.s. they repeated this accusation that the u.s. has actually been violating the i.n.f. treaty itself for years and they also said that it would be perhaps wise to conduct inspections into whether the u.s. is complying with yet another nuclear arms treaty the new start treaty so what we're seeing here is very much the russian russian side shifting the blame to the u.s. what is of course warring though is that they are talking openly on the russian side about what new weapons they could develop worrying indeed and putin has reportedly instructed his ministers not to initiate disarmament talks with the u.s. what do you make of that. well yeah you mentioned before what else he said which was a very much a swipe at the u.s. side he said that they will wait we'll wait for our partners to be mature enough to talk to us on an equal footing so very much kind of biting biting comments there

from putin they are very much putting the ball back in the u.s. court and this fits in with the russian line all along which is that the u.s. is basically not listening to russia russia has tried several times they say to show the missile in question that apparently violates the treaty to the u.s. the u.s. doesn't want to see it and in fact in recent days we've seen russian officials accusing the u.s. of already having made the decision to leave the i.n.f. treaty long ago. also said russia would begin developing new missiles briefly just let us know how you think that will go down with the russian public well on the one hand i think a show of strength especially when it's against the u.s. always goes down with the russian public well with the russian public but on the other hand things aren't looking good economically and. russians wouldn't be very interested in having a big arms race and expensive foreign policy moved and bloody near putin seems to

know that today he said that a costly arms race is certainly not something that russia is interested in which all the world keeping a close eye on. and emily show and reporting from moscow many thanks. now to some of the other stories making news around the world the central african republic has reached a peace deal with fourteen armed groups after several days of talks the first ever direct dialogue between the parties was aimed at ending years of conflict that's killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced thousands of people sorry and displaced hundreds of thousands more. police in paris have clashed with so-called yellow this protest is this is the twelve consecutive weekends the protesters have taken to the streets on friday a court ruled that police could continue to use rubber bullets against rioters despite a public outcry. monsoon rains have caused severe flooding in northeastern australia

records have been broken in the city of townsville which has seen over the years rainfall in just a matter of days israel has also been experiencing record heat waves this summer. while in the united states virginia governor ralph northam is facing calls to resign after a racist picture from his medical school yearbook surfaced northam is due to hold a news conference later but is not expected to bounce across party pressure and step down two young medical students posing for the yearbook photo one is in black face the other as a kook klux klansmen one of them is a young ralph northam now the governor of virginia and a member of the democrat party. although he wouldn't say which costume he was in he swiftly apologized. that photo and the racist and offensive attitudes that represent does not reflect the person i am today or the way that i

have conducted myself as a soldier a doctor and a public servant. i'm deeply sorry. i cannot change the decision time made nor can i under the harm my behavior calls then and today but i except responsibility for my past actions and i'm ready to do the hard work of regaining your trust politicians of all stripes are outraged and many a pressing for his resignation. including democratic presidential hopeful julian castro who said that northam spectator as a student was racist and unconscionable. despite the pressure northam is so far resisting calls to go. it's a crucial weekend in the bundesliga title race with the challenges by munich and

dortmund both facing tough away battles league leaders dortmund went in front of frank frank fit but failed to get a second goal and ended up with a one all draw unfortunately for dortmund find munich's slip up was even worse i took the lead in leverkusen overwhelmed in the second half leverkusen lucas scored his side's third goal in a memorable home victory against the champions. now from football in europe to football in the u.s. one of the most watched annual sports events in the world is kicking off tomorrow in atlanta georgia yes i'm talking about the super bowl the l.a. rams will take on the new england patriots the patriots star quarterback tom brady is going for a six n.f.l. championship title but a lot of fans are getting tired of seeing his team in the game seemingly year after year. tom brady and the new england patriots are gunning for their sixth super bowl but it seems not all of the u.s. has behind them in georgia the memory is still painfully fresh of the atlanta

falcons super bowl defeat two years ago at the hands of brady and co we have a copy cat i said that i think. i think they're like yes doesn't like me. i hate it oh man i'm so sick of the pages but mainly because they beat us two years ago so what i would fire a bit over in l.a. most rams fans are content to focus on their own team's chances. the rams the rams are going to win their very being super bowl championship to work toward but others can't help but return to a familiar theme or i'm looking for. tom brady to be upset and looking for disappointment in his face. to get reactions shot where you know he's defeated meanwhile one of brady's former teammates had a message for america's pig sick pigskin fans hater.

but i think people do kind of sick of them and you know what the point of being one of the people who one of the patriots we love a six super bowl for brady will deepen new england's love affair with its adopted son but for everyone else in the u.s. this weekend there seems to be only one month programs. a good time has been named football champions of asia for the first time ever after they be japan three one in the asia cup final. back in the qatari capital doha celebrated long into the night the tame one ancient their seven games of the tournament scoring nineteen goals and conceding just once in a stock and performance the triumph is a boost to football in the country which will host the world cup in twenty twenty two. while they usually in church giving sermons at the weekend but right now in poland priests are on pieced participating in the annual john paul the second skiing competition could see men from around the country travelled as we swap to

take part in the tournament many of them took only a hundred meter race wearing their cast socks the event which has been going for more than twenty years is named after the polish poet who was an avid skier himself . you know watching data of a new start for get you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's data dot com i'm rebecca riches thanks for joining. us. home to use of species. the word significant. here those are big changes and most start with small steps and became googling to use tell stories of communities people into innovative spirit.