lamaist. start. on t w. d w news live from berlin donald trump warns that sending the military into venezuela is an option is comments come as the standoff there continues with venezuela's rival leaders holding separate rallies and no end in sight to the deepening political crisis we'll speak to our correspondent in caracas also coming up. next the author and refugee beirut. one australia's top literary prize

for a book he wrote on his phone from inside an isolated time in detention. and american football fans are counting down to a super sized sports extravaganza the rams and patriots take to the field in atlanta later today for super bowl fifty three. i'm nick spicer welcome to the program. it's u.s. president donald trump is trying to turn up the pressure on venezuela's president nicolas maduro in a television interview today trump warned that sending american troops into the country is an option pressure is also coming from europe eight european countries including germany france and britain say they'll officially recognize self declared interim president. if madeira doesn't call elections before the end of the day

under duress leadership venezuela has lurched into an economic crisis. venezuela an oil rich country that is economically on its knees medicines electricity and even food are in short supply despite its vast oil reserves years of low crude oil prices have left the government's high spending policies in a perilous state. that's provided fertile ground for self-proclaimed interim president twang grito he's unveiled an economic plan he promises will reverse venezuela's fortunes. but even with venezuelans laboring under the burdens of hyperinflation shortages and poverty president nicolas maduro has been able to stay in office that's jew in large part to support from venezuela's military you don't has appealed for the armed forces to abandon majority but only a few commanders have defected. and it appears there's also

a struggle going on outside venezuela the u.s. has thrown its full support behind quito even going so far as to leave open the possibility of providing military backing which is all options oh as all options are on the. madieu also has powerful allies he supported by russia and china who are wary of session an example of a north or tarion ruler being deposed with the help of an outside power washington in this case. this all means that despite venezuela's huge economic problems vested interests both inside and outside the country could prolong the political turmoil much longer than some observers told my ok let's get the latest now from a caracas and our correspondent oscar schleicher who joins us on the phone oscar u.s. president donald trump says he's leaving the option of military intervention in venezuela

on the table are his comments likely to help. well i think trump comments are not any different than in the past regarding britain where the together with comments we have heard from my parents on payroll and both have been consistent in training officers are undergoing learning and military intervention especially if any harm comes to one whitehall so in a sense it has helped one way grow bigger in the past years we have we have seen a rise in political prisoners in venezuela and they have been detained for being far less of a threat to my daughter than what wedo represents. right now so for many of us doing journalism that i consider has come to a surprise that's why i don't have not been in prison yet and that could be because of these threats for us of late however this is a double edged sword because mothers don't have you taken advantage of this situation to warn the region about the united states military intervention and the

history they have which is not mafia or among the international community you know and also about my want to criticize the u.s. for meddling in venice well it's national for national army. in any case as long as the us keep these threats as just comments it has been helping the opposition it's very agile military action that could hurt them. going to has been talking about bringing in international humanitarian aid into venezuela where people many people can't even afford to buy enough food does this put him at odds with president maduro government. yes definitely this is a good for business or humanitarian crisis that the opposition has been denounced in turn for food and medicine shortage became a critical problem in two thousand and fourteen so for five years my daughter has been blocking humanitarian aid and did nothing that there is a crisis according to him out of government this humanitarian aid would bring

a military intervention to oust him from power and just recently they have admitted that venezuela has a humanitarian crisis that they blame recent international sanctions on coffee and the truth of the matter is that there has been a crisis for some time now we have people die from it and there are people that could be saved from this humanitarian aid well it brings some sort of benefit to why don't blame us for but i forget of course as well but there will be plenty to bear there were there were plenty of opportunity but i'm a bit of government to solve the situation in their term i may never agree to it because of that they would lose power. i want to ask you about a diplomatic deadline because a number of european states including germany have set a deadline for sunday for president to do or to call fresh presidential elections what can we expect if majority does not give in to their demands. well we can

expect the rest of the european countries that said that eight days ago will follow suit and recognize the legitimate claim global has to the presidency according to venezuela constitution now the european parliament already recognizes right the us president you could not figure out a unanimous decision but the consensus is that not doing a did not win his reelection fairly last may and is not a legitimate leader if he holds onto power through force and with the support of the military there's not much he will be able to do outside russia or cuba and maybe china on an international ok your slicker interac us thanks very much for that. now to some of the other stories making news around the world hope francis has landed in the united arab emirates on the first ever trip to the arabian peninsula by a reigning pontiff he's due to take part in a christian muslim dialogue in the u.a.e.

and celebrate mass with the small catholic community there ahead of his visit he appealed for humanitarian aid for yemen. and israel says it has started building a new barrier on the border with gaza defense ministry pictures show a six metre high galvanized steel fence prime minister benjamin netanyahu says it will prevent terrorists from entering israeli territory subterranean wall and that stopping hamas from building cross border tunnels is already in place. and in poland a new center left party called spring has been launched its members want to challenge the country's governing right wing party ahead of upcoming domestic and european elections the leader of the new party is robert get drawn he made headlines in two thousand and eleven by becoming the first openly gay m.p. in conservative poland. earlier this week australia is the richest literary prize was awarded for a book written by text message the author is this man. he's

a kurdish iranian refugee who detailed the despair of his many years in limbo inside an australian offshore detention center he wasn't allowed to attend the ceremony in melbourne to pick up his prize he told dui d.w.i. however that receiving the award has been bittersweet into the big achievement for me for a few days on mama son and. also for all of that refugees you know it's just people along the war. my sons. we hope most many over the past six years and that's why i think. i come up our celebration i come up celebrate my you know in a war. as author and refugee there is chani there and with me here is the daily reporter jerde read tell us more about this man so bear is bush ani is

a could is journalist who fled to iran some years ago and sought refuge in australia he arrived by boat. hardline immigration policies he was sent to a detention center outside of australia's borders and in this case it is cold madness island it's an island administered by pop your new guinea and but johnny has been there since twenty thirteen in the years since then he's become one of the best voices from inside. detention system describing quite often on twitter and online what he says an inhumane conditions and human rights abuses committed by these pictures we're looking at from the documentary he was able to shoot using his firing inside the man ascend and he wrote the book on his phone that's right he typed it out by text message and sent it through the service what's up to a translator in australia and these are some of the chunks of text that he sent

these screenshots were sent to us by the translator made to figure bush and he was worried gods would take his writing which is why he just kind of wanted to get a dot and send it to his translator as soon as he could and these texts became this book it's called noir friend bought the mountains rising from man his prison which barrister shiny himself describes as the product of years of imprint prism and systematic torture both on him and other refugees and what he's talking about there are the stories coming that have come out of madness island and ruin other pacific island where australia has a detention center of human rights abuses been committed so refugees harming themselves of living in very poor conditions of riots. one is very rich prize around sixty thousand euros worth but he wasn't able to attend the sarah. needs it to get the award because of australian law that's right so. when it comes to asylum

seekers who arrive by boat just ready or refuses to settle them in australia it puts them offshore for processing and then tries to resettle them in a third country and the government says will this is to deter people coming by because the journey is dangerous and logically it's worked because. a rival's by basically stopped but it's as you can imagine being hugely controversial not least for the effects on children have been many children in these sentences there's been a huge push to get them out of the n.f. and ways out of the detentions and and into other accommodation so many have been settled in places like the us some of these children have had quite devastating psychological effects from the use in detention in terms of bruised knee he he still has to be on man as the sent away he wrote the book closed in twenty seventeen and he's been in other accommodation but basically since then it's just

been waiting to find out where he'll be able to go if you'll be able to go and us are more of a wife for him unfortunately incredible to think of our being created in such conditions thank you jerry. and now to the united states where 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 raps and especially their coach are playing the role of young upstarts. 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 has shown mcveigh is exactly huff his age the youngest of a 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 generate golf seen here in a red jersey is only in his third professional season and the rams supporters have had a longer trip but they are joined by many locals and neutrals in opposing the perpetually prosperous patriots did not like to get off. its high. we're going to try an artist we're going to bring them or six we don't like. we don't like. you all to your. great knowledge or care of just let us enjoy a couple more here that will go away like a bad when you're. a rams win could mark a changing of the god in the n.f.l. after an air of dominance in which brady and the patriots made nine finals and nineteen seasons but first there is

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