the fact that. this is data over the news live from the men as well as rival late as day gains for what could become a long political standoff both sides held mass rallies across the country with president nicolas maduro promising early elections while self declared interim president tom why doak calls for protests to continue until the duros stands down also coming out. making longer a in his biggest up plan testing the boundaries in a deeply conservative country a w. net weepy enterprising woman behind

a trail blazing company pumps american football fans are counting down to a super sized sporting extravaganza the rams and the patriots take the field in atlanta it is a day in super bowl fifty three. i'm rebecca rich's welcome to the program tens of thousands of venezuelans have attended rallies in a political standoff with no resolution in sight mentary laeta and self declared interim president called on supporters to stay in the streets until sitting president nicolas maduro steps down not president maduro still enjoys strong support from his base. one going to those message to supporters is the changes around the corner he and his backers are demanding fresh presidential election. yes

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 wanted 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. glider has garnered international backing for his claim to be acting president grant as well as 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. but manure has backers also held rallies marking twenty years since the rise to power of late leader hugo chavez maduro addressed the rally and suggested holding congressional elections earlier than planned but he remained defiant even in a saying anything 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 you know thing don't you know 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 to split goes far beyond the south american nation. of war let's go to our correspondent in korea crack us. president maduro has proposed holding congressional elections earlier than planned is that likely to satisfy his critics. that's very unlikely nobody has

questioned the legitimacy of the national assembly which in fact many countries recognize the national assembly as the only democratically elected institution left in venezuela mother's offer to elect a new parliament is a direct attack on the opposition that leads the current parliament and that is something only your supporters would agree to do now we are seeing shifts in the military yesterday we saw at least three more evasion officers recognize why go and having to do that the ambassador of venezuela and iraq posted a video also supporting one where you go as president interim of venezuela it's strictly slowly but many people in the opposition who leave this will cause a domino effect something that we still are waiting for so losing some support there but he does still have the president maduro that is has the backing of russia and china and also from many people in venezuela or itself given the desperate state of the country how does he maintain that popularity. well i would argue

that you just not have a lot of popularity in venezuela right now and his approval ratings are low even within shot least as yesterday's rally only covered part of a street and got out for us while their opposition mass rallies not only in caracas not also in sorely in the middle and many of the major cities and you can towns and israel went out to her. best and. now a little still has weapons and he has the memory of the little coniston who many people still remember fondly so it's no surprise that the slogan for mother this week has been always more we will never traders and he's using that's not going to remind chinese does not to betray the legacy of who charles and his twenty year old project of a revolution that in the end has grown the country in the jungle and i would say to hanging on to a legacy they're losing support one. is promising some much needed

humanitarian help why is he managed harry and i had a point of contention. well speaking with the opposition yesterday during the protest many of them needed medicine they could not find street and prices were also at the top of the list to why they oppose modern the government now even though not the real house set up a system of food aid that the government sells to only supporters it has become a political tool to ensure supporters go to this rallies and vote for its candidates however the system is not enough to stop the food and medicine shortage in venezuela and. comodo has argued that this interest is humanitarian help would actually be an invasion or an intervention military intervention but for people that are eating medicines like reno patients cancer

patients and also aids patients they need this they are seeing this more as a survival. help more than an intervention or a military invasion like the mother government argues it would be going to briefly before we wrap up has mr i done anything to suggest he will buckle to this pressure no not at all we haven't seen we've seen defiant messages in his speech come back and forth some because it's not only muddle it's it's a whole system that is in charge of venezuela there are many leaders in china small and no one are arguing for. defending the country others want some kind of dialogue with the u.s. for the opposition so we're seeing very mixed messages in the speeches of the revolution leaders right now all scottish lanka in the venezuelan capital caracas thank you. now to some of the other stories making news

around the world pope francis has embarked on the first ever trip to the arabian peninsula by a reigning pontiff is due to take part in a christian muslim dialogue in the united arab emirates and celebrate mass with these small catholic community day ahead of his visit he appealed for humanitarian aid to people in war torn yemen. tens of thousands have rallied across so therefore they knife week in a row to protest against president alexander the chit the demanding free elections and an end to his stranglehold on navia the church has rejected opposition claims but suggested that he might call an early election. heavy rains have flooded communities across northern australia and forced thousands to flee their homes one towns or half a meter of rain coming down in a twenty four hour period for constance a morena and possible tornadoes are expected the city of townsville is largely

submerged and the water there is set to rise even higher authorities in townsville northern australia a warning residents to move to higher ground by nightfall. preparing to fully open these flood gates the ross river dam close to townsville is it double its capacity . fully opening the gates will create even more flooding in residential areas downstream but will likely save other areas from a similar fate the sheer volume is astounding the rain has broken records here in australia a year's rain in a matter of days and it's not over. it's a severe weather event and a major focus at the moment is on townsville in relation to townsville townsville has had the equivalent more than one made her of rain over the last seven days this is an all time record as i said yesterday we are in on priest in the times there is

more rain to come townsville in northern australia is used to monsoons and to flooding but not on this scale rescue teams have been stretched and some residents are understandably shaken. just at the border control is a very spiritual war to terrify from what january was australia's hottest month on record and there's been lots of extreme weather events across the country flooding here in the north drought and wildfires in the south. climate change means that weather records are being broken year on year. and it's the rain shows no sign of stopping residents and the thirties in townsville and now bracing for yet more record breaking rain. underwear probably isn't the first thing that comes to mind when you think of tough can't they copied the capital of his biggest down the former communist country is

deeply conservative with muslim traditions but a female entrepreneur is challenging to booze to make test and the longer a capital of central asia. 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 trash cans. it's a daring venture. that is worth doing is new and 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 it's children i'm just selling my collection in the but that's just. come all the other you 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 to materials 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 that 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 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. respect a stand has long been under authoritarian rule however in the last two years. he'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. than the united states more than one hundred million people are expected to chant into the super bowl the american football championship game this year the l.a. rams take home 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 main event on the playing field it will be a match of contrasts patriots coach bill belichick is sixty six while his opposite

number shaun mcveigh is exactly hough his age the youngest ever coach to reach a super bowl in fact he's also much younger than patriots forty one year old tom brady who will become the oldest quarterback to play in a super bowl. meanwhile the rams quarterback jared go off seen here in a red jersey is only in this third professional season. and the rams supporters have a longer trip but they are joined by many locals and neutrals in opposing the perpetually prosperous patriots and not like tom by any that jeter. let's try it we're going to try an artist getting bring number six we don't like we don't like tom brady don't see all the were tired of bellatrix just let us enjoy a couple more here then we'll go away like a like a bad when you're. a rams win could mark a changing of the god in the n.f.l.

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