his music it's better to keep your stumps sounds to. video game music starts february twenty fifth on d w. the but. this is d.w. news live from berlin venezuela's rival leaders begin for what could become a long political standoff both sides held mass rallies across the country as president nicolas maduro proposing early parliamentary elections also declared interim president won by doe called for protests to continue until the duro goes.

also coming up making longer a in this pakistan and testing the boundaries in a deeply conservative country you w. met with the enterprising woman behind the trailblazing company. and american football fans are counting down to a sporting strata ganza super proportions the rams and the patriots take the field in atlanta later today in super bowl fifty three. thanks for joining us i'm married to evanston. tens of thousands of venezuelans attended rival rallies in a political stand off with no resolution in sight parliamentary leader and self declared interim president while why joe called on supporters to stay in the streets until sitting president nicolas maduro stepped down but manure oh still

enjoys strong support from his base i wonder why does 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 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 but now we can't get hold of even the most basic painkillers. boy has garnered international backing for his claim to be acting president venezuela sitting president maduro as a key source of support in venezuela's military leaders that 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. but manure as 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 the same manner he going on the opposition are tricking people in venezuela saying they're in government and that the entire country and the armed forces obey them trickery trickery and more trickery. you know me not 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 daughter the spirit 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. left in 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 your late thing democracy what they're asking for is i knew we 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 and he was trying to speak with one voice to my time is running out today. more we have to see if europe speaks with one voice the pressure is really strong and this was what he offers yesterday absolutely not so the first steps for towards i mean war all right so the e.u.

has indicated its support for the opposition leader why don't also much of the west has and yet 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 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 top and say what we have seen right now is high command but he has no troops just a hand on the troops yes one hundred trigger people are dying. in the last few weeks and so the military is still. the mother 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 venezuela but you know why do people continue to support him

a duro 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 have seen in the images is mainly 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. and the support he has is kind of what he received from the legacy of what chavez he did a lot for the poor mother is of deception for all of us well i'm say also for the chevy stuff was a borders which i was. if you read now itself of control and people suffering in the normal you know rich country which is 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 spring what we're seeing now with the people you saw on the streets they're going really old and responding to the calls of one way though. there is just threats troops are coming the way 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 when will receive aid. humanitarian aid to the border we have to see how this military reacts and that would be the key issue of the military is one this is a specter all right and water mendis from d.w. left america's desk thank you so much for your insights. now look at 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 of xander 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 u.s. democrat governor ralph northam has refused to resign from office for 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 more of them said friday when he apologized for appearing in the photo which archaeologists in egypt have uncovered it to containing more than fifty mummies from the tall man era two thousand years ago they were buried in four chambers at a site south of cairo their identities are still on no one but them over cation method suggests they helped prestigious positions. a passenger train has derailed in india killing at least six people on board a 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 the general named. pope francis is about to begin an official visit to the united arab

emirates it will be the first time a ring pontiff has traveled to the arabian peninsula francis will take part in a christian muslim dialogue and minister to the u.s. small roman catholic community mainly 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 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 for all the muslims and the christians in u.a.e. and to 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 hooty rebels for now the goal is a smooth first time visit by a pope to the arabian peninsula the home of islam now sexy underwear probably is not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of tashkent the capital of was back a stat 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 yuri her shadow caught up with her. there's a revolution happening in this small workshop in those pakistan 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. that is worth things and would 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 tiberius in our culture well there's nothing bad about this issue i'm just selling my collection in the but that's just. come on 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 to materials needed to make a laundry can't be found in his biggest i believe they had to order everything from abroad. is g.d.'s work but 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 and 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 calls and my energy but i just get on with it to deal with prospectus that has long been under authoritarian rule however in the last two years. it's been opening up to the outside world come alive yet the hopes that her work will help her country become even more open and more tolerant. right soccer now and it's a crucial weekend in the bundesliga title race with challengers byron and dortmund

both facing tough away battles league leaders dortmund went in front in frankfurt but failed to get a second goal and ended up with a one all draw well fortunately for dortmund biron munich's slip up was even worse they took the lead and leave a clue isn't but for overwhelms in the second half leverkusen lucas scored his size third goal in a memorable home victory against the champions. and the united states more than one hundred million people are expected to tune in to the super bowl the american football championship game this year the l.a. rams take on the new england patriots in a clash of contrasting styles the patriots have dominated the league for two decades while the rams are quite literally the new kids on the field. policy atmosphere in atlanta where fans of both sides are gathering ahead of the

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