this is g w news live from berlin venezuela's rival leaders dig in for what could become a long political standoff both sides held mass rallies across the country the president nicolas maduro proposing early parliamentary elections and self declared interim president one why don't calling for protests to continue until majority goes also coming out making lingerie in his back instead of testing the boundaries in a deeply conservative country w.

met with the enterprising woman behind a trail blazing company. welcome to the program. tens of thousands of venezuelans have attended rival rallies in a political stand off with no resolution in sight parliamentary leader and self declared interim president won why joe called us supporters to stay in the streets until sitting president nicolas maduro steps down but majority still enjoys strong support from his base which celebrated the twentieth anniversary of their coming to power i wonder why those message to supporters is that changes around the corner he and his backers are demanding fresh presidential elections i some who came out to support the opposition leader say even basic survival has become

a struggle i went on what is the minority is very difficult and getting worse all the time but since november the situation's been out of control i can't get hold of my blood pressure medication anywhere and it used to be the cheapest on the market but now we can't get hold of even the most basic painkillers. glider has garnered international backing for his claim to be acting president grant as well a sitting president my daughter has a key source of support in venezuela's military leaders but in a surprise move the high ranking commander in the air force threw his support behind go i dove via twitter on saturday. i'm addressing you today to let you know that i reject the illegitimate and dictatorial authority of mr nicolas maduro ninety percent of the armed forces oppose the dictator and support the venezuelan people in this way. but majority backers also held rallies marking twenty years

since the rise to power of late leader hugo chavez madhura addressed the rally and suggested holding congressional elections earlier than planned but he remained defiant you know that in a similar thing going on the opposition are tricking people in venezuela saying they're in government and that the entire country and the armed forces obey their. trickery trickery and more trickery. the crisis has split not only venezuela itself but with washington and the european parliament backing who i do and russia and china are supporting my due to this but it goes far beyond the south american nation. well for more on this story i'm joined in the studio by eduardo mendez from d.w. latin america good to see you so president has now offered to hold congressional elections earlier than planned is this going to satisfy his critics absolutely not just critics to me and you later in the more chrissy well they're asking for as i

knew he liked to his presidency this is going to take the last piece of democratic institutions as a parliament and so i think it's. kind of faking it's running out of time because he has pressure from the you and the u.s. to go so strong that he is a strong opponent here in the u.s. for him to speak with one voice not to mention his running out today. where we have to see if you have speaks with one voice the pressure is really strong and this was what he offers yesterday absolutely not so the first is that sort of i mean we're all right so the e.u. has indicated its support for the opposition leader why do all so much of the west has and yet it's important to mention a majority does have his own international backers russia and china but also has a lot of support from the military. and yes yesterday we heard the venezuelan air force general declaring support for why do so what's going to happen is majority

about to lose this key support for the military is playing a poker game he still has a strong hand on the military. say what we have seen right now is a high command but he has no troops just a hand on the troops yes they hung on the trigger people are dying. in the last few weeks and so. the military is still on the moderate side we have to see how long this continues well it seems like there are quite a lot of people at the pro rallies so i suppose he does still even have backing from people within venezuela but you know why do people continue to support him and dura in light of this horrible economic crisis food shortages as we've been saying medicine shortages why does majoris still have that support well what we've seen in the images in the military participating so i think when you are to wave a flag and you are there you have to be there that's what we've seen pictures of very tricky you know and the supporting this is kind of what he received from

the legacy of what chavez he did a lot for the poor mother is a deception for all of us well and also for the chinese does was a borders which i was. he ran out of control and people are suffering in the normal you know rich country we're just one of the poorest in the region so toward a what do you think is going to happen next and where is this crisis going to be resolved is he going to decide in the streets of caracas or is it going to come through some result of international pressure are we going to see troops maybe being sent from the us. it's sort of us or them spring what we're seeing now with the people you saw on the streets they're going really out and responding to the cause of one way though. there is the threat of troops or covering the way we don't hold obviously for a civil war i think we have to keep. as we heard before also in the report of the

military how will the behave and we will receive a. humanitarian aid to the border we have to see how this military acts and that would be the key issue of the military is one this is a speck to our right and water mendez from d.w. left america's desk thank you so much for your insights. let's get you up to speed now on some of the other stories making news around the world. tens of thousands of people rallied across serbia for the ninth week in a row to protest against president oleksandr who chips there demanding free elections and an end to his stranglehold on the media. has rejected opposition claims but suggested that he might call an early election. and the united states democrat governor ralph northam has refused to resign from office nor them says he was not one of the people who appeared in a racist photo in his one thousand nine hundred four medical school yearbook well that statement contradicts what northern said friday when he apologized for

appearing in that spoto way. a passenger train has derailed in india killing at least six people on board before the further twenty were injured the train left the tracks in the eastern state of bihar on its way to delhi authorities are investigating the cause of what's around the right. pope francis is about to begin an official visit to the united arab emirates it will be the first time a rating pontiff has traveled to the arabian peninsula francis will take part in a christian muslim dialogue and also minister to the uys small roman catholic community of mainly indian and philippine guest workers. this is st mary's catholic church into by one of dozens of churches in the united arab emirates the emirates has a reputation for religious tolerance in a region where there are other wise tight restrictions on worship outside the muslim faith francis his trip to the gulf states is aimed at encouraging more

contact between christie on the scene. some parishioners here think the visit would mark a turning point in relations between the two religions. i think it's a really you know i would not put on the most limbs and the christians in u.a.e. and in the vatican city it's like you know it's a global event but francis is facing criticism over the visit because of the emirates role in the war in yemen a saudi led coalition of which the emirates is part of has been accused of carrying out human rights abuses in its battle against hutu rebels francis will likely avoid publicly raising the topic of yemen when he meets with the emirates leaders for now the goal is a smooth first time visit by a pope to the arabian peninsula the home of his. now sexy underwear probably isn't the first thing that comes to mind when you think of tashkent the capital of becca stan the former communist country is deeply conservative with muslim

traditions but a female entrepreneur is challenging taboos to make tashkent the lingerie capital of central asia d w z overshadow caught up with her. there's a revolution happening in this small workshop in stand a fashion revolution in this former communist country where islam is the dominant religion these women are producing longer a. and this is the leader of the revolution. for a year now she's been creating new designs for women's underwear in the capital touched can't. it's a daring venture. it is worth doing isn't ready even the production of lingerie in a spec a stand is publicly criticized that way going so far as to advertise our products it's breaking a lot of to peace in our culture well there's nothing bad about this issue i'm just selling my collection in the but that's the. only ever used to work for a textile company one day she realized no one makes longer

a in central asia as most populous nation. so she founded her own mini brand urban style. and that's when the challenges began the equipment dematerialize needed to make a laundry can't be found in his biggest i believe they had to order everything from abroad is genius work but many here find immoral. in the beginning male customers avoided us like they were hesitant to enter the store but slowly changing now they come in and no longer embarrassed when they see and touch . the ever has more than fifty different styles in her range but it's a tough business the market is filled with much cheaper products from other countries especially china and many customers prefer traditional materials like cotton but says she enjoys experimenting with different materials. people often don't understand me all my goals and my energy but i just get on with

it. was because that has long been under authoritarian rule however in the last two years did. opening up to the outside world come alive yet the hopes that her work will help her country to become even more open and more tolerant. than he is now and byron munich were dealt a serious blow in their quest to catch up with honestly the leaders dortmund on saturday they went into their match with leverkusen already six points behind their rivals and the champions and have travelling back to munich empty handed. a big blow for boy and heading into this clash captain manuel neuer out injured backup spend all right thrown into the action for the first time this season and with just a minute gone there was already panic amongst the back lot. leyva koos and demanded a penalty but to no avail despite kevin falling short clearly hitting match humbles

arm bar and took full advantage of the let off as lead carets got pounced in the forty first minutes his full toll in three matches a perfectly timed run meeting thomas willis beach perfect cross and just before the break robert leavened dusty hit the back of the net with a qualm the offside flag cut short celebrations though by some great plays it was an extremely touch cold by and just one goal up at half time. the top turned in the second half though play on bailey with a thunderous equalise up by one one after fifty three minutes spent all right left wanting. and ten minutes later laver couzin were in front three kevin fall on. ice silky smooth build up giving the hosts a shot to one late. and later

cruise and soon secured all three points at blistering counterattack converted by lukas solaria. i. braved on the final straw they the cruiser drove by the london page of bosh is picking up pace. qualify him for seven points behind talk to rivals dortmund. meanwhile voles fork in the front hatch of berlin in the table after they beat the capital club in their own backyard by a single goal. out of the course towards the only goal of the game with sixty five minutes it was the seventh goal of the season for the dutchman and his side's first victory since the mid-season break they now move up to six place. you're watching news coming to you from berlin don't forget you can always get the latest news and information on our website just go to d.w.

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