this is d.w. news live from berlin desperately needed food and supplies become a pawn in venezuela as political showdown president nicolas maduro orders a military barricade to block aid from crossing over the colombia border but self declared interim president why dope calls for troops to defy orders which leader will they obey. also coming up to resume and heads to brussels once again seeking a way to avoid a no deal breaks it but even leaders on toast slams the last thing that scramble to

save those who pushed for bribes that without a plan deserve a special place in hell and it is the hottest ticket in town the berlin film festival or berlin all of starts today cinema goers already lining up for this year's puns devout films of the race for the golden bear. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program a standoff over humanitarian aid deepens as venezuela's political crisis plays out on the country's border a convoy with desperately needed aid remains stuck at the colombia border city of kuta and venezuela's government led by president nicolas maduro has ordered the army not to allow the aid in it has been organized by the united states and venezuela's opposition who want to see more do it over move from power now but as

well as military has to choose whether to obey government orders or let the aid pass we have this report from the border. venezuelan soldiers keeping watch at the barricades on the chingy test bridge border crossing president nicolas maduro says aid supplies offered by the united states are a form of foreign intervention he's ordered the soldiers to turn the assistance away. but the soldiers have also been given another order by one quiet joe the opposition leader who last month declared himself in his way less interim president . i don't was not a. lunatic and i gave a direct order to the armed forces in getting i allow the necessary humanitarian aid to enter to take care of your family through the media. that is put the focus on the soldiers at the border and their commanders which president will they obey. pedestrian bridges at the border remain open tennis whalen's can still cross the

frontier to buy goods they cannot get at home but many who have no money to go shopping in colombia do not understand why the age shipments are being stopped. what make iraq a commodity that have such an equalizer base and not just me but most people i think both the opposition and people who support the government here to unfavorably because you know what is said as others have said whether you are for the opposition or for the government if a child gets sick and you can't get medicine and that person dies that said i am asking you to please open the border. so that the food costs. if you like you say you really love finnish willa if you really feel something inside of you only if you love your family your children and you should do love them then you need to love us venezuelans as well i'm asking you please open the border mr maturer. nicolas maduro has dismissed the usaid offer as

a political show in the capital caracas mature a supporter signed a petition that's to be sent to washington telling donald trump to keep his hands off venezuela. and let's get more now let's cross over to the venezuelan capital caracas from where due to be a correspondent oscar schleicher joins us on the line so oscar what is the situation on the bridge right now. well the situation at the border bridge remains blocked from the venezuelan side this is a bridge that was just because struck at the border in an area that it has not much transit so it came into focus when most of the humanitarian aid went to columbia was being gathered his passing however was rushed block this bridge prevent i'm sorry but it's where the puerto rico secretary of state the lead on my team announced their shipment arrives just. a passenger plane on what he said was

a secret flight so while all the a concern of the business one public and the media was focused on the colombia border what protocol is going to be filled with a ton of humanitarian aid into limits where the. secretary of state a foot or frequent calling a secret mission ok so some aid indeed is getting through but i just want to quickly return to you know the aid that is supposed to arrive by land because we know that the opposition leader why don't i have spoken about that and i'd like to you to take us through a couple scenarios here i mean if it does end up getting through over this bridge what happens then and then why don't have a plan. as indicated there are between two hundred fifty and three hundred thousand people who need urgent medical help and are at risk of dying people who need medicine and and urgent care she says the first cargo

of aids into going on and the caribbean is enough to keep hospitals running for one month that is being delivered it's mostly nutritional supplements for children which have been the most vulnerable to malnutrition in these last few years. we've learned of twelve children who died. from a break in a hospital in months well pig for example this is rated a very much needed and could help a lot of people and again confirming that for us that puerto rico has been able to get aid in to the country by air as many were waiting for that shipment by land which is currently blocked off or slammed her with the very latest on the situation from caracas the venezuelan capital thank you. i know it's going to quick check of some other stories making news around the world two days of peace talks between the taliban and the afghan politicians have concluded in moscow the taliban delegation

restated their call for the withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan former afghan president hamid karzai said the old sides agreed to seek lasting peace despite disagreements over women's rights and the taliban's demand for an islamic constitution. and international rights group has called on western governments to stop selling arms to parties involved in the conflict in yemen amnesty international says that investigation showed that the weapons ended up in the hands of extremist groups which have been accused of war crimes. twenty eight team has been ranked among the five warmest years on record this is the conclusion that several scientific organizations came to among them nasa studies have also found that twenty sixteen was the hottest years year since global temperature records began scientists say the temperatures are expected to continue rising in the coming years. with burns becoming ever closer british prime

minister theresa may is heading to brussels today again for talks yet again may is determined to renegotiate the braggs a deal and it seems she is trying to buy more time for it the british newspaper the telegraph reports that may is preparing to delay the second vote on her brags a deal until the end of february but her hopes for renegotiation could be doomed as tempers and nerves fray in europe. only fifty days to go and still no solution in sight fear of a hot bricks it is growing day by day much and so is the frustration in brussels watching to resume a head towards a no deal exit. crew work that special place. in the whole looks like for those who promote it. without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it's safely a provocative statement that irish prime minister leo varadkar predicted would not sit well with those it was aimed at.

and not only in the press the response coming out of westminster was fast and furious i don't recall for every president insulting members of this house members of the government and the british people in such a way others took a step back to look at the bigger picture i was to speak her sometimes the truth hurts doesn't i for nigel the former leader of the euro skeptic party who kept comment as proof of why britain wanted to leave the e.u. in the first place after practice it will be free of unelected arrogant bullies like you and run our own country sounds more like heaven to me. heaven hell or somewhere in between it's up to theresa may have to meetings impel fast the british prime minister will be back in brussels today seeking fresh concessions on the

withdrawal agreement however neither donald tusk nor european commission president john clarke seem willing to renegotiate the deal. and we asked clinton peel associate fellow at the european program the think tank chatham house what options theresa may still has the trouble is everything is possible the nightmare for two reasons maybe she's gone on and on and on trying to deliver a deal that is set to go to her right wing hard line breaks it is and also to the democratic unionist party from northern ireland and it really doesn't look as if there is any deal that's acceptable to them that is also acceptable to the twenty seven other members of the european union they're saying look yet it crossed party deal where it's sort of formal brecht's that you would have a majority in parliament then and come back to us but that would split the conservative party so they don't want an election because they'd be going into it

totally split the labor party says it wants an election but it's also split i do think that the possibility of another referendum is still there but even that doesn't have a majority in parliament at the moment we're really in deadlock which is why there's growing fear in brussels i think that no deal might be the accidental outcome and that was david malpass a short while ago u.s. president donald trump has named treasury department official david malpass as his pick to lead the world bank pass has been a longtime critic of the bank which focuses on global poverty trump said that the world bank should quote defend american values. trump's announcement of longtime treasury official david malpass as world bank pick on wednesday was widely expected because america is the largest contributor to the world bank giving it over one billion dollars every year my administration has made

a top priority to ensure that u.s. taxpayers dollars are spent effectively and wisely serve american interests and defend american values david has been a strong advocate for accountability at the world bank for a long time. the decision to choose mild parts is being interpreted as a sign the trumpet ministration wants to rein in the financial institution. has been a consistent critic of the world bank and he is expected to try and reduce its role it is a longstanding convention for the u.s. president to nominate the head of the world bank it is not correct here if other countries will propose alternatives to challenge mileposts and germany's antitrust watchdog may be cracking down on facebook with a decision on district in the social media giants ability to collect data in the country the decision is expected in just a few hours authorities have been looking at whether the tech firms data collection

of activity on facebook widgets song third party sites can be considered anticompetitive behavior the social media giant has already denied such allegations but it could be the latest move by authorities to turn the heat up on facebook in the aftermath of a major privacy scandal last year. well let's talk fashion here for a second any business that covers everything from glamorous dresses and suits that you every day. snuggles or boast sorts of things the fashion industry is also among the most polluting industries in the world though a french startup could help change that with a biodegradable dolly powder have a look. at. this color doesn't come from a plant or a chemical. it's creation by a bacteria. cheerfully blush and

a moment developed dies as a look for a tree in toulouse over the years they've developed a technology that uses fermentation to turn sugar into colors. it's a simple process and it doesn't require any chemicals. or you go. into sugar breaking down to make alcohol like in beer fermentation here it's used to make color. it takes a week for the blue pigment to appear. the substance is then dried to obtain a powder that can be used for dyeing textiles. branding on the chemical formula as machine get shades from burgundy to light blue. there startup is advocating for the technology to be used in the fashion industry as a sustainable alternative to the widespread chemical space processes which pollute

the environment. if we take only one piece of clothing like a t. shirt or a pair of trousers for example ten to forty percent of its environmental impact was due to dives. the company is hoping to target the biggest textile producers in the world china and india and to make the dying process is in those countries more environmentally friendly. their project has attracted the attention of p.r. song the director of the incubation to lose white biotechnologies. he wants to support projects that make industrial processes more sustainable. see. these processes depend a loss on the petroleum price. when it's very high like one hundred thirty one hundred forty dollars we can start thinking of

replacing fossil carbon with renewable carbon so it means we strongly depend on scientific development. the team has already produced several kilos of diaper their goal is to produce several tons a year from twenty twenty one but if they're to compete with the industry giants they'll have their work for them. and we're turning now to madagascar where a clash of civilizations is playing out off the coast of the african island for generations a traditional community known as the bay so has fished in the nearby waters of the indian ocean but they say that the arrival last year of six chinese modern fishing trawlers now threatens to wipe out their way of life. a fisherman and a cow holes in his net. the small community in southwest america has been fishing

like this for generations but now their way of life is under threat several huge chinese fishing trawlers started casting their nets of the shore of an account last year the local fishermen with their small wooden boats can't compete with his industrial fishing operation just to look it's bad for us it's tough competition because the chinese nets are huge they're helping catch many fish as for me i'm just using a small net i can't get that many fish. and they fear it will get much worse under a deal struck between the madagascar development agency and chinese investors three hundred thirty chinese high tech boats will be delivered to madagascan fisherman supplied free of charge they will replace their traditional wooden boats to increase the fisherman's haul part of the fish will be sold locally the rest will be bought by the chinese allegedly at

a favorable price. sounds like a good deal but it has provoked an outcry among the fishermen here they fear that industrial scale trolling will result in overfishing and if fish stocks diminish their livelihoods will be at risk. if this goes on with all these trawlers coming here. or where will the fisherman go there nothing else than fishing up there is. a community that makes its living from the sea is sailing into an uncertain future. soccer now and manchester city have returned to the top of england's premier league after beating everton goals from the poor and gabriele zeus gave the visitors a two nil victory a week ago city were five points behind liverpool now they have moved ahead of their title rivals on goal difference though they have played one game or. the

coach according ola says that his side will fight until the end so the reality we regroup. we could have been one month ago. with a game against liverpool four six seven days ago we could be seven points behind you know we are two up in the league what is the lesson never give up in time in the german cup byron munich came through a rollercoaster match with have to berlin advancing to the fourth round with a three two win kingsley coleman headed byron's winner after a glaring error from mats hummels had allowed heritage to take the tie into extra time elsewhere there were narrow wins for oxburgh and leipsic while shall could be distilled or for one that match overshadowed by the names of the death of our child was legendary former general manager he was seventy four on the event movie fans in berlin look forward to every year the berlin film festival or berlin allah

is starting today this year the competition feels an unprecedented lineup of female directors among those vying for the top prize the golden bear the jury will be chaired by french star juliet but no she and fans have already been lining up for the hottest tickets. the fans i want to make the bidding on is such a unique event it attracts the largest audience of any film festival in the world and anyone can get tickets here as long as they get in line enough. i read every single synopsis of every movie and made my choices but. i wasn't prepared for how difficult it is to get tickets for the knowledge. puzzle you have to fit the movies the timing but you have to fit quick because there's a lot of ticket offices and they fly very quick nearly four hundred movies will be presented and one thing is for sure it's going to be a women's. francesco winner juliet in nashville beat the jury british actress

charla dram doing receive the honorary bear for her lifetime achievement and seven off the seventeen movies running for a golden bear were directed by women records and a milestone for an a list festival. and it's a woman who's kicking off the movie marathon danish director fish will open the festival with a film the kindness of strangers in it she tells the story of a group of people who meet during a cold new york winter. and then when you once and for years now. this year is barely not a set of brits women festival director due to a costly excess it's a reaction to the gender equality debate. as it truly off. course this is partially a result of the ongoing debate departed our views have expanded and we're learning

to question things but i have to stress that we didn't include any films where we weren't convinced of the quality from the. german films are also well represented at. one powerful entry is by prize winning director. in the golden glow if you profile is a notorious serial killer. this man will be landing the festival at some point he would be christian bass playing former us vice president dick cheney the biographical finn presents him as a poet hungry politician only intelligence brief for president consistency and the decision proof. understanding that bandy now on its main venue the red carpet just being rolled out this year it's environmentally friendly it's made of recycled fishing nets so now it's green and

glamorous. and with me here in the studio is our film expert scott roxboro i mean you you really analyze you know what's what what do you see as being special this year. obviously the films are always the special thing the special focus will be talk about that in a minute but what i think's really interesting this year at the banal is basically the context in which it's taking place because. i think the mentioned some things before about the female representation we also talked about in a minute but i think the industry the film industry is just going through seismic transformation at the moment because basically because of streaming services and in particular netflix i mean it's amazing if you look one of the four i was for this year's oscars is roma from a phone call which is a netflix film ten nominations and so forth and this year we have our very first netflix film in competition at the. also

a black and white spanish language film by coincidence from a special actor is a book and i think the discussion about what is cinema what our festival is for what does it mean where you see a movie how you see it that's a discuss. and it's taking place all crossed berlin at all levels of the of the bell or not and i think a lot of the discussions what they lead to will be sort of the legacy of this year's festival and what do you make of the choice of the opening film the kindness of strangers well i really like the director she's alone she's a danish director but she's best known for english language movies and education one day and what i find interesting about her is she sort of took quite disparate shondra of the romantic comedy and she's given a real sort of intellectual and emotional have to be just sort of filler this film is interesting because it's a set in in new york it's a first film set in america all the other films of europe and its stars because.

andrea risperdal and it's basically the sort of romantic melodrama about people sort of falling out of the system so it's a bit of a social commentary but i know it's also got to be really really funny she always is able to me makes the the sweet with the sour and gives sort of pope sort of social commentary but still allow you to have a good time while you're watching this she's a female director of gender representation you mentioned it's a really hot topic this year not surprisingly you know of course but you have to say berlin's the only of the big film festivals to really put its money where its mouth is i mean the lot of the competition lot of this year has i think seven female directors of seventeen which is forty one percent of my mass right which is not fifty percent but it's better than by far than any of the other big festivals mean cannes last year had three of twenty one directors were female then it had one of twenty one has said they've done this even before the b two movement and the

time's up movement but that's definitely given more impetus to make real changes and berlin has been also the most transparent saying. yes they released a big study saying this is the films that are some. here are who directed the male female well first of all the different categories of so much talk of the editor male female just to give an idea of what the true general representation is and then to take take real action and i think we'll see what happens with a lot of this year but at least agenda representation is forefront at the bell and as it will ship it's got roxboro so much to look forward to when the only have two weeks best two weeks of my life in our lives do we get to it we get to watch and as you as you watch all these films thanks scott and. up next here on d w focus on europe spotlight on people in bosnia diplomats for care professions can be bought

on the black market no training needed in russia juvenile offenders are being prepared for military service in reeducation camps those and more coming up right after this short break i'm sara kelly in berlin thanks for watching evergreen.

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upon a time there was a young girl. with a burning ambition. to become a conductor. everson very curious child and very excited and in love with music and i would go to concerts with my parents and i always. hear them for being on stage decisions and being part of that magic it was a difficult trying to trust. girls she was told to become. but this girl had other ideas and not obsessive. and one day she really did become a world famous conductor brimming over with virtuous city insufficiently

l.m. among the other. ok thanks my stuff. starts feb eighteenth t.w. . ok ok. hello and a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin with a problem that's facing societies right across europe the fact that they are rapidly aging and the question is who's going to look after the growing number of elderly men and women in the years the fly ahead to take care of its seniors germany alone needs at least an additional thirty.