george. w. . the boob the boat . this is d w news live from berlin venezuela's rival leaders and began for what could become a long time ago standoff both sides held mass rallies across the country with president nicolas maduro proposing early parliamentary elections and self declared interim president one by joe calling for protests to continue until the bureau goes . also coming up making laundering in his back

a stand and testing the boundaries in a deeply conservative country in trouble you met with the enterprising woman behind a trail blazing company. and in the bundesliga frankfurt held leaders door controllers brought in what was a spectacular game. to. american evanston it's good to have you with us. tens of thousands of venezuelans untended rival rallies in a political standoff with no resolution in sight parliamentary leader unsolved declared interim president one wideout called on supporters to stay in the streets until sitting president nicolas maduro steps down but majority still enjoys strong support from his base i one guy does message to supporters is the 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 a man were to tell me it's 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 now we can't get hold of even the most basic painkillers. glider has garnered international backing for his claim to be acting president venezuela's sitting president maduro as 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 you i dove via twitter on saturday. i am 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 manure as backers also held rallies marking twenty years since the rise to power of late leader hugo chavez moderate addressed the rally and suggested holding congressional elections earlier than planned but he remained defiant even a silly 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 doing nothing don't you. 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 the 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 his critics to me and you later in the more chrissy what 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 you know kind of faking it it's running out of time because he has pressure from the you and the u.s. just how strong is a strong opponent here and the u.s. trying to speak with one was going to matter much running out today. more we have to see if you have speaks with one voice the pressure is really strong and this was what he offers yesterday is absolutely not so the first it's important to mention 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 quite oh so what's going to happen is about to

lose this key support for the military is playing a poker game he still has a strong hand on the military top and yes i 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 other aside 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 venice. well it but you know why do people continue to support the duro in light of this horrible economic crisis food shortages as we've been saying medicine shortages why doesn't interest still have that support well what we've seen in the images in the military participating in 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 support he has is 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 i'm say also for the child the stuff was a bore there's one child as. he read now adults of control and people who 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 i mean where is this crisis going to be resolved is it 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 u.s. . it's sort of a sort of the spring what we're seeing now with the people you saw on the streets they're going really yelled and responding to the coast of long way though. there is still threats troops are coming we don't talk obviously for a civil war i think we have to key is as we heard before also in the report of the

military how will the behave and we will receive aid. humanitarian aid to the border we have to see how this military attacks and that would be the key issue of the military is one this is a spark to our right and water mendis from d.w. left america's desk thank you so much for your insights. now let's get you up to speed 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 alexander who church 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. in the united states democrat governor ralph northam has refused to resign from office or them says he was not one of the people who appeared in a racist photo in his one nine hundred eighty four medical school yearbook well that statement contradicts what nor them said friday when he apologized for

appearing in the photo of a passenger train has derailed in india killing at least six people on board a further twenty were also injured the train left the tracks in the eastern state of bihar on its way to delhi authorities are investigating the cause of the. pope francis is about to begin an official visit to the united arab emirates it will be the first time a reigning pontiff has traveled to the arabian peninsula francis will take part in a christian muslim dialogue and minister to the u.a.e. small roman catholic community namely indian and philippine guest workers. this is st mary's catholic church in dubai 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 christianity and islam 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 for all the muslims and the christians in u.a.e. and to the vatican city it's look 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 is not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of tashkent the capital was back to stand the former communist countries deeply conservative with muslim traditions but a female entrepreneur is challenging taboos to make tashkent the longer

a capital of central asia to w.'s euro shadow caught up with her. there's a revolution happening in this small workshop newsbreak a step a fashion revolution in this former communist country where islam is the dominant religion these women are producing longer a day. 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 cush can't. it's a daring venture. that is worth doing is and will be even the production of lingerie in a spec in style and is publicly criticized that way going so far as to advertise our products it's breaking a lot of to be use in our culture well there's nothing bad about this it's children i'm just selling my collection in the. come or the other you ever used to work for a textile company one day she realized no one makes lingerie 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 it's tedious work that many here find immoral. in the beginning male customers avoided us like they were hesitant to enter the store but that slowly changing now they come in and no longer embarrassed when they see in touch lingerie. 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 i'll have a 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 pakistan has long been under authoritarian rule however in the last two years it. opening up to the outside world come alive you have the hopes that her work will help her country to become even more open and more tolerant. of. our rights and soccer and is now inventus think a leader is for us to dortmund and dropped points away from home to frankfurt and that means there long when le streak in frankfurt continues. it's a long time since dortmund won in frankfurt beyond me why i'm still around from that last victory that five and a half years ago is marco royce. frankfurt smelled blood and started the game on the front foot dyed accosted tested dortmund keeper roman bookies early on. but the visitors worked their way into the match and broke the deadlock through royce. the captain's thirteenth goal of the season out much to rafael guerrero's assist.

and royce almost doubled his tally but couldn't find the net with either of two chances over the course of three minutes. those misses almost proved to be costly straight away and say rage bungled his way into the box but the croatian forward was also foiled by booking the less said about phillip cost of his follow up effort the better grade which went close again when he sped away at the bar but when dortmund failed to clear the ball they were punished to costa cross for a loop to make it one all in the thirty six minutes. the serbian forwards magnificent form continues frankfurt's top score and now has fourteen goals in this campaign. the second half was low on chances the closest thing the game got to a winning goal was a free kick from dorman's park a lockout that one the final score of over from if you just went off on

the to me it felt like easily the toughest game of the season six. frankfurt have an unbelievable amount of power going forward from. home and she should go in the form of once again doormen filed so when in frankfurt and drop two points in the tights all right. all right let's take a look now at all of the results so far from the bundesliga games this weekend there are the dortmund and had to scores elsewhere leverkusen beats by in munich three one. one two nil away to shall come hoffenheim enters the door of share the points and so did nuremberg and braman in the friday game live sic one three nil at hanover while today minds travel to all explorers and stuttgart face freiburg. are up to date now and you don't hear news stay tuned for world stories coming up after a short break in the meantime you can always get more news and information in our

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