i am. playing . last. but this is really a newsletter for berlin european powers give a major boost to the opposition and venezuela several leading european countries including germany and spain are recognized one while though as the legitimate leader of the country but nicolas maduro insists he will never bow to pressure from outside also coming up the pope delivers a message of tolerance to the united arab emirates france's makes this historic interface their address in a first ever visit by apologise to the away view in islam plus the united states

says thousands more troops to its border with mexico donald trump says he's stopping an invasion of illegal immigrants critics call it a political stunt our correspondent goes on protrude with the border guard to find out more. to have you along everyone. we begin with the crisis in caracas several major european countries have now recognized venezuela's opposition leader though as interim president well they acted in concert after president nicolas maduro ignored a deadline to call a snap election the door now says those countries could face were prized as this government digs in its heels. venezuela's power struggle deepened on monday off to

several european nations officially recognized opposition leader of one quite go as the country's acting president spain was the first to announce their support germany france the u.k. and several other countries quickly followed suit this gets done with new presidential elections were not called by yesterday. that is why kwan go i don't know is the person we expected to initiate an election process as soon as possible he didn't know and when the idea of up and by put and germany along with several other european countries recognizes him as the legitimate interim president to oversee this task to the president. and also because it appears up. venezuela's ally russia accused european powers of meddling and condemn their actions. so you should i don't know why the european union considers itself intitled to dictate conditions for the international mediation efforts it could if

be more effective for everyone who's interested in suckling the crisis to get together and talk before any announcements are made to discuss with one another how to help this nation. maduro insists he will never bow to his opponents he also refuses to let foreign humanitarian aid into the country for fear that aid could be coupled with a military intervention. as the standoff intensifies life remains desperate for many venezuelans amid the country's bitter economic crisis many are forced to rely on food donations to survive. well joining me now is it obvious oscar flanker joins me from venezuela's capital caracas oskar good to see you how significant are the endorsements for states for venezuela's opposition. well this is very significant and it's something the national assembly has been waiting for

this whole week because it recognizing what you know as president is not an act of star proclamation this is a measured ever threatening members with its constitution in order to answer cases somehow or with its insistence more than sixty countries agree that the presidential elections last year was not an addict and they were and by those wrong was neutralized by the road not least for a charter so not only this is not a significant that the euro did countries all recognize why the us president i think it is more relevant that they recognize now the room as a defacto president and now the question comes to what are their stations twenty june with equal it's not an. now president murderers or the government of predictably is condemning the moves in europe to recognize the corrido what is venezuela threatening to do in response well there's not much that is where the candidates response that is in a threatening way a good state power and then you're really difficult for

a diplomatic issues between europe and russia and china because it's become kind of like the disciplines apple between the diplomatic world however the opposition teams are out there to uphold elections but before that they need to educate your circulation of people outside of the world and start an inch an interim government in order to start these are you know this election process so we're still seeing how that's going to come about and it's no longer answer how are they or when she will actually take over the government and now the e.u. is reportedly considering more sanctions on venezuela but that these would likely not target venezuela's oil sector i mean can the sanctions be effective without hitting friends weyland their crude. yes definitely the sections we've

seen for the past five years they've been the same shooting people in our office here are straight up that have opened their dusty geishas of corruption they have also open investigations for. drug trafficking and crimes against humanity so we aren't saying that these sanctions have been effective sensually the top government officials we've heard from others that it is. that they are studying how the sanctions and also some of the businesses that are not related to oil in this way look at that to have some kind of business with these european countries so desperately that does put pressure on you know it's not just government to step down oscar sanker reporting on the crisis in caracas thank you. next up pope francis has made history as the first pontiff to visit the arabian peninsula francis was welcomed in abu dhabi by

amorality leaders today he met with muslim elders at the city's grand mosque on tuesday the pontiff will lead a groundbreaking mass for the roughly one million catholics a living and he hopes his visit will boost tolerance of their faith in the wider region. are joining me now to discuss the significance of this historic visit is martin gagne religious affairs analyst good to have you here with me martin all right it's heavy with symbolism this visit because it's the first papal visit on the arabian peninsula why that pope francis decide to go there now well i think i mean they're essentially true reasons for it happening no the first one is that there has been actually developed mentor the last few years and reapproach monks so to say of muslim communities and catholic communities especially that it's theological basis on the other hand the fact is there are you actually seen

a lot of conflict much of it has a lot of pressure on christian communities through the region and i think that this is in that field studies actually probably the most powerful voice should i mean in obvious need to defend christian communities in the region. these are mainly the two i think the two main reasons i retired active there now we've already heard actually now from pope francis and he didn't shy away from mentioning the war in yemen what can you tell us about that but i think it's you know it's not entirely surprising but it's actually not completely in character at least not in the way that this you know the diplomacy or public diplomacy of this vatican has proceeded to go out and simply put sort of things i reckon on the table in a sense i think that this will be read of something very courageous i think that in the sense of it does feed the base so to say at the very same time the presumption that. you have to make the local authorities were already warned of old these would

be you know one of the issues and you know that really yesterday right before getting on the plane your radio announcer essentially he talked about yemen he talked about the conflict in yemen putting it once again at the center of the trip or making it a major issue in the critique coming and of course the other very interesting thing that he did not shy away from he was not just advocating for tolerance of the christian worshipers in the wider our region but saying the times wasn't enough you have to allow you have to accept and embrace christians as well but were you surprised by that no no not really i mean i think that you know the entire set of gestures that were sort of played out or performed during the during the rival of the pope holding and. holding hands with the leadership of the united arab emirates and like going to me like theological leaders and so on goes to show that in fact there is a you know that it cannot simply be tolerance that in fact it has to be an embrace i think that this is pretty much the position that the vatican has taken throughout

its politics in relation with how we deal with others or how the vatican one's got to look to deal with others and this essentially an expression of that all right martin gak thank you as always and as we just heard the pope will deliver a groundbreaking mass on his visit to catholics their hope is visit can boost tolerance of their faith in the wider region. many nationalities united in their faith at the st joseph cathedral in abu dhabi. a parish clerk from pakistan german priest martin stephen and the many catholic foreign workers living in the united arab emirates are awaiting the pope's visit with great anticipation. a momentous occasion and it's probably one life to market and for many of us to see him and especially in this part of the. even the pontiff's visit is of major importance.

just as it's the first time the head of the church or even a leader of the church has come to the arabian peninsula that's really historic and that's why there's so much discussion about the visit most of the talk centers around the meetings being held here between christians and muslims in the heart of the islamic world. this is not a vision to follow for his torch of. the pope's visit also carries a political dimension the emirates a part of a saudi led military alliance deployed in yemen the pope has repeatedly called for peace in the water own country but despite the stormy issue religious dialogue will remain center stage the u.a.e. is keen to show its exemplary when it comes to religious freedom. the united arab emirates is considered the most religiously tolerant country in the gulf region it wants to see as much foreign investment as possible and remain an attractive destination for foreign workers. the best

example of religious tolerance in the u.a.e. is the buddhist temple in dubai. according to buddhists here it's the only one in the entire middle east. buddhists are not always welcome in the islamic world this scene is infidels and therefore often can't practice their religion in public. as far as the u.a.e. has been so it's a very very tolerant vibe i keep saying all the time that tolerance is a wrong would be used because we are welcomed here in this country which irish. leadership looks after us very well can do residents agree the government has approved the construction of an impressive temple and this is what it's expected to look like religion here regardless where it comes from does not have to be practiced in private in many different countries all over the world and i've never come across where you have almost two hundred different nationalities living

harmoniously together with defeat into practice their religion freely and openly the pope is visiting the emirates for three days religious tolerance assigned the country's track record on political freedom is the darkest side of the story anyone who questions the u.e.s. involvement in the yemen war winds up in prison. all right want to tell you now what some of the other stories making news around the world a footballer from behind a team a lot i believe is facing two more months in prison after quarter thailand tonight him bail the former national team player an australian resident is fighting extradition to his native country for allegedly vandalizing a police station a lot i mean there's torture and even death his if he's sent back to the. farmers in egypt and sudan are bracing for the wyvil of swarms of locusts the pests have already swept over other ritzy nations damaging crops in saudi arabia. control

bases near the sudanese border have declared a state of emergency. a u.s. jury is set. to begin deliberations in the trial of the alleged mexican drug cartel boss what can go as much commonly known as el chapo prosecutors say the sixty one year old is believed to have smuggled at least two hundred tons of cocaine into the u.s. guzman faces life in prison if convicted. more than eleven hundred people in queensland australia have fled their homes after record breaking floods the city of townsville has been especially hard hit with more than a meter of rain falling in just a week well the flooding has forced authorities to open the gates of a nearby down after it's swelled above capacity. german chancellor angela merkel is in the japanese capital tokyo meeting with that country's prime minister shinzo abbate in a joint news conference but stressed the importance of close trade ties and times

of rising protectionism are merkel's visit comes just three days after a sprawling trade pact between the e.u. and japan take effect. good friends are important especially in hard times that's why german chancellor angela merkel has been emphasizing during her visit to japan a major ally in her coal for free trade but their relationship is about more than trade since i'm from. you know i am in japan for the fifth time now but we've met seventeen times already. and we've always worked well together even at international conferences. and we have a long friendship with twenty twenty one marking one hundred and sixty years of diplomatic relations for us it's an incentive for us to work even more closely in an ever more disorderly world. for his part a warrant against rising protectionism saying germany and japan the world's number three and four economies respectively had an increasingly important role in

protecting multilateralism both countries face similar challenges a rapidly aging population and the need for improved digitalisation germany is japan's biggest trade partner within the e.u. some four hundred fifty german companies are active in japan and the german chancellor is traveling with a business delegation eager to forge even more deals. today is world cancer day dedicated to the fight against one of the world's biggest killers in twenty eighteen nearly ten million people died of the disease worldwide a prevention screening and early detection are the focus of this year's campaign because doctors say millions of cases could have been treated more effectively they've been detected sooner well despite advances made in medicine nearly half of those diagnosed die of the disease between thirty and fifty percent of cases could have been prevented entirely. all right and i'm now joined by my colleague is wolf

a car body from the g.w. science so desperate to see you i think getting a cancer diagnosis is a life changing event many people are putting a lot of hope into new therapies new scientific findings sketch the current situation for us if you well where do we stand these days in terms of cancer treatments and research. sure well there are some signs positive signs that it among certain cancers the numbers are going down less people dying from them if the cancer is detected early enough but we are still seeing the majority of cases in lower middle income countries about seventy percent where the cases are fatal now it's usually because the cases are not to take that early enough and they're not getting the treatment that they need there are some new developments in technology it's all a work in process like blood tests that for instance if you take lung cancer which is the biggest killer. it would stop people having to go to do c.t. scans in other areas of breast tests even so you can i basically some cancers give

off a smelly molecule where you can basically spend on people's breath in a sense you look for the chemicals. but this is all a work in process and some people to the mat ai artificial intelligence but really speaking we have to sort of like step back a little bit change our behaviors avoid the risk factors don't smoke or drink less alcohol we fruit if you can get access to physical activity do them you know and go to a doctor get advice on early enough or it's a prevention is key here. what about vaccinations because that's another method that people are pinning their hopes ott. absolutely i mean vaccination a very important not a what your opinion is on the facts of vaccinations as a whole but if we take the human papillomavirus is very important health invitees so that both young girls and boys get the h.p.v. virus virus vaccine h.p.v. can lead to things like cervical cancer anal cancer throat cancer so if you get

that vaccination it's a virus that leads to cancer let's not forget but if you get a vaccination you could reduce your risk the same goes for hepatitis b. it's a virus but can lead to things like the liver cancer so if you get the vaccination you could reduce your risk there so it's very important and there are some also vaccinations being used in treatment but that's again a work in process that's still very encouraging air indeed if you can just get one shot and help you prevent to get a deadly disease in conclusion a very briefly if you can the german health minister yes john recently said the cancer well they'd be defeated in the next decade or two decades took up that's a big statement to make it is a big statement to make and quite frankly it's not very helpful we've been making same as i have for decades we need to look at the you know it's not helpful certainly for people who are dealing with a man who's been diagnosed with the now the health professionals who need the help the tools to help the people who are dealing with that with cancers now let's not forget cancer is a very very disease not just one cancer is affected by environmental aspects as

well and has not taken that into account his i think it's not very helpful at this time so i think our bias as it out is that it's a nice aspiration and we we endorse that that of course is off a car viney d.w. sized thank you as always thank you. now indonesia's the legislature has a debate is debating rather a bill that seeks to broadly regulate the country's music and parts of the bill would punish what it calls quote negative influences from foreign culture and to here with me now is to use william no a group crossed with more on this developing story first off what's this bill about so this bill is a very broad bill is put forward by the culture of education commission in the house for prisoners in indonesia part of this proposal that have caught the most i or threaten musicians with punishment imprisonment or fines for blasphemy or insulting religion or importing negative influences which has a lot of critics calling it vague and ambiguous we have a tweet here from

a user in indonesia saying this is limiting especially to independent and local musicians the user shows an image that breaks down some of the bill into its various articles and the most controversial is the one that says musicians are prohibited from making pornographic content provoking conflict between groups tarnishing religion bringing negative influences from foreign cultures or degrading human dignity so that's one point of contention another one is that musicians say it's seeking to establish competency tests and certifications for musicians. but i gather that it's pretty controversial in indonesia self yeah sure so people in music industry in indonesia are to say there are plenty of laws on the books that regulate their industry the constitution itself are you laid in freedom of expression and the country has a flourishing metal and punk seems so much so that the international president yoko we don't owe is himself a metal head we have a great video that we found here from two thousand and seventeen it's of denmark's

prime minister giving we don't know a set of metallic albums have a few seconds to look here. so it will be interesting to see where he himself might come down on this bill since he's quite into western metal music and the music. musicians themselves have made their have made their stance quite clear that there is a potential ally in. what happens now so what happens now so it's being debated in the house of representatives musicians are being brought on call the national coalition several hundred musicians around the country that are debating this with the with the parliament with with the legislature one of these members on this commission in the legislature himself as a musician and he has taken a lot of heat for standing by this bill saying yes parts of need to be amended but overall it's going to be in place and actually he says and supporters of the bill say this will practically protects musicians especially those having their work used without their permission so we're going to see where this goes it's still very

much a draft state is a lot of debate to go and yeah so we'll see if musicians get their way or not exactly so it is still a work in progress so much we haven't heard a final word on this is just a bill not a law or a well keep us posted thank you so much. all right next up for we had to the u.s. where the pentagon says it's sending additional troops to the border with mexico opponents described the move as a political stunt designed to create the illusion of a crisis for our correspondent and of our nominee travel to arizona and accompany a border guard on patrol. patrolling the us mexican border he and arizona it stretches for more than six hundred kilometers agent down in the hernandez takes us to a remote part of it protected by an anti vehicle barea he says what's happening at the border is a crisis like he's never seen before there are still

a lot of people that are trying to cross the border illegally that do not want to be caught but now we have added element and dynamic of having family units from central america they're given themselves at the border patrol which brings in a humanitarian crisis images recently captured by a mobile sort of billions you need show families crawling under a small fence into the u.s. even though the total number of our preventions along the border has dropped over the last two decades the age and say their job is no more difficult than ever we're in the city of nogales agent hernandez shows us the existing border fence here only recently has concertino wire been installed on top of it. we know that there is certainly a possibility that people can still come over or drugs or come over and recognize that but it's definitely a tool that works effectively and in this particular area has completely changed the landscape for more security less illegal crossings that sounds like an argument

for president drums border wall but was it worth shutting down the government over the border patrol agents told us they don't talk politics they're here to do their job regardless of what's going on in washington however they seemed happy and relieved that a deal has been reached at least temporarily we opened the government neither the shutdown nor trams plans for a border wall have been popular in downtown nogales we need each other says the city's mayor democrat are to regard reno the economy's on both sides of the border heavily depend on mutual trait. maybe the president sometimes give in a little bit and say you know what ok let's find this find a common ground this find something that we can do together but stick to border security and economic development and by national relations with mexico after thirty five days of shutdown the federal workers in our resolve no will be finally

getting their paychecks but the roll over the border wall is still far from over but. just want to remind you before i let you go a top story that we're tracking this hour for you. germany has joined word sir for e.u. countries to recognize venezuela's opposition leader. as interim acting president embattled leader nicolas maduro projected and the e.u. imposed deadline to call presidential election. year washington where you news coming up next in w. news africa why don't for african kids that story ality in many of africa's toy shops well meet someone who says the dawn of the future should look different. and a contested ethiopian town could soon become officially eritrea what does that mean for the people who live there. it's bad and

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