this is deja vu news live from berlin a standoff at the venice wayland border vital food and medicine are ripe for venezuelans in desperate need of help but president maduro says it is not coming and he claims the shipments are part of the u.s. could attempt also coming up germany feeling the heat the u.s. and france pressure berlin to abandon its plans for a pipeline to find russian gas washington says that the pipeline could undermine security for western europe and jordan wants more women like her out on the streets

we will look at what is driving the demand for more working women in the conservative chain down. and to tell a power and compassion openness this year's berlin film festival the stars turn out she and course for lone scherfig see the kindness of strangers it was the first showing at this year's four leonella which features an unprecedented lineup of female directors. welcome to the program trucks carrying us humanitarian aid for venezuela have arrived at the colombian border but it is not clear whether the help will be allowed in the opposition leader. requested the emergency supplies for venezuelans in desperate need of help but president nicolas maduro says that the shipments are

part of a u.s. led chua temped he has ordered the military to stop the trucks from entering the country. this is where their journey ends on the colombian venezuelan border desperately needed humanitarian aid is aboard these trucks but the gates into the crisis stricken country have been sealed on the other side venezuela's military still largely loyal to president maduro has been ordered to prevent any shipments crossing the border next to the soldiers anxious citizens wait and hope for food and medical supplies to be let through yet the point that sooner or later that bachus going to open and the humanitarian aid will rife the people if in this way that tired of being hungry i am a muslim my mother died nearly two weeks ago the doctors were unable to operate on her we had to find all of the medical supplies and equipment ourselves even a burial it's impossible there's not enough money to bury the dead and anybody that

let hundreds of kilometers away in the capital caracas president maduro denies there are any humanitarian problems at all going even further he said the american aid shipments were a ploy for an invasion. and storage also bit too little because of our immense oil resources many rules and other great wealth the question of pushing an international coalition led by the imperialist government of the united states that sold that they can militarily it's hot in venezuela under the false excuse of a humanitarian crisis that does not exist. but international pressure is mounting meeting in europe why ministers from more than a dozen european and latin american countries are calling on madeira to hold free presidential elections and allow humanitarian aid into venezuela. this is what

the aide looks like on the colombian side of the border bridge these venezuelan refugees or rely. in a community kitchen to get them through the day. and for the latest i'm joined now by correspondent especially her from the venezuelan capital caracas and oscar as we've heard there the military is under orders to stop the trucks from crossing where things stand right now. well they are at a standstill at the moment we know that all the aid is in colombia and people who need the help are starting to arrive at the border hoping to be the first ones to receive the aid once venezuela blocks the way from what we have seen the plan seems to be not to allow inside business where now and we know that protests there actually forming on the venezuelan side of the border you know people there calling for the trucks to be allowed and it seems as if this border town is becoming the focal point of the power struggle is that

a fair assessment. well you know the border towns between colombia venezuela have always been a focal point for power struggles colombian guerrilla drug cartels smuggling are all part of that struggle that make these towns the most militarized borders in the . u.k. as it seems as if we've lost the line there with our correspondent especially there who is giving us the latest from venezuela we'll try to reconnect with him a bit later but in the meantime we're going to move on to some other news and a quick check of some other stories making news around the world the sister of thailand's king has announced that she will run for prime minister in the upcoming elections in march princess. will campaign for a party loyal to the country's ousted former prime minister it will be the first time in thailand's history that a member of the royal family has run for public office. thousands of people have

taken to the streets of the haitian capital port au prince to demand the resignation of the president they are angry at the state of the country's economy and a recent corruption scandal haiti has been rocked by months of protests in which at least ten people are believed to have died. and police in britain say that the body found in the wreckage of a plane on the english channel is that of cardiff city footballer a million osama he and his pilot were from flying to cardiff from france when their plane disappeared the wreckage was found on an island after a search operation. the c.e.o. of amazon jeff bezos has accused the publisher of the u.s. tabloid the national enquirer of trying to blackmail him bezos alleges that the company am i threatened to publish the intimate photos that he allegedly sent his girlfriend it is the latest twist in a week's long battle between us and the company. well here in germany of plans

for a pipeline supplying russian gas have been thrown into doubt the u.s. ambassador to germany has urged germany to ditch the nordstrom to project and now france says that it could hold the construction process by subjecting the russian company building it to tougher gura peen union rules critics say that the pipeline due to start pumping later this year will make germany dependent on moscow and undermined european security that leaves a key part of germany's energy strategy under threat. construction of the north stream to pipeline is a ready well underway but the face of the project lies in the balance e.u. members have not yet agreed on how to proceed and germany and france in particular appear to be at odds over regulation this is what's at stake the pipeline would transport gas from russia to germany via the baltic sea the project in its current form is operated by russian state energy company problem. and that's exactly what

critics including the united states and seemingly france object to. the dependency from russian gas will increase jessica lee with us near a pipeline and that's the reason why they construct that. contradicts obviously the european goals not only off the energy union but in the future we will see less gas demand because of climate policy and there's a reason why this pipeline is completely on the economic hole and friday european lawmakers will decide whether to extend the block's energy rules to gas prom if they do so the company would no longer be allowed to both operate the pipeline to handle sales meaning the project in its current form at least could go up in smoke . and for more on the story i am joined now by max hoffman our brussels bureau chief joining us from there as hans brunt is with us here in berlin in our studio

max i'd like to begin with you because this announcement by france it's essentially a move against germany do we know why paris is taking this step now. is there and some are even say this might be a little revenge for what the chancellor has been doing with the matter with mark hall the french president in the last years because she basically didn't really support all these projects for the european union whether this is the case or not is pure speculation there are more factual reasons to do this one for example is that the project really split the european union along familiar lines the east and the west to countries like poland or the baltic states were always against this project because they felt like it gave more power to russia over the european union so a tone that we've heard also from the u.s. some also say that it might be because of economic interests because france is interested of course in building terminals for liquefied natural gas from the united states but whatever the real reason we have to remember this is not over yet

they still have to vote on this the you investors on friday it's scheduled for the early afternoon if it really happens and the french have all also said while being for changing these regulations which will affect north stream two they have said that they're still discussing changes to the tax and much will depend on those changes many maybe they will be able to find some kind of compromise with the germans ok so it's not a done deal yet but you know hence if we just look at the optics of this i mean one newspaper here is calling it and i'm quoting here a disaster for german diplomacy at the e.u. has berlin misjudged the situation i think you have to answer that with the yes there has been some sort of misjudgment had obviously been a very controversial project ever since it was even conceived and it's been pushed through to the stage where hostile bid has already been laid of this pipeline was a lot of power diplomacy on the side of the germans i think that two factors that

germany did not take into quite as much as it maybe should have one is this question of taking france along the things that marxist. talking about that and the build up of some sort of tension between france and germany the major movers in the european union and the other question is the reaction of the united states since donald trump who took over as president. of the us has put a lot of pressure on all european countries to stop this pipeline against this pipeline and i think that's something that the germans probably underestimated and just to you know remind our viewers the u.s. ambassador richard canal actually to germany he had a big op ed in the past twenty four hours where he says that the north stream makes germany dependent on russia i just want to play merkel's response to that and then get your reaction there after let's have a listen. i not think you could fully become dependent on

russia because of this gas pipeline which i say no if we diversify at the same time . germany will expand its gas terminals with regard to liquefied gas. that means that we don't want to make ourselves dependent on russia and that any circumstances. but russia was a source of gas during the cold war and it will remain side today without us entering into them signed it dependence. so chancellor merkel's comments there i mean is that enough to reassure critics of the deal do the germans need to be more proactive here hons it's not enough it's something that marco and the government have been saying ever since this project was conceived have been saying over months and months it's nothing new basically i think there are two factors here again what i think is part of the pressure from the side of the united states is that there is indeed a commercial interest on the side of the united states as well in the u.s.

a lot of gas is being produced more than the u.s. needs itself and there's a lot of pressure for that gas to be sold through europe. and the other factor again is how strong the resistance within the european union has been against this project building up this resistance and max with that i've just like to turn to you because i mean we've been talking about franco german relations and i mean when i was elected you know there was a bit of a handling of those relations that you know a sort of new strength a new axis perhaps how concerning is this development for that relationship for europe. well the two get along really well at least that's the evidence we have a good american money or not call or both fact based politicians if you put it this way and that's why there was a lot of hope that this might be the spark for the franco german engine and many of the projects that they did in the past gave some fuel to that flame although

medical rejected quietly rejected as a sort of style many of the projects that it might have called wanted to have for example the eurozone budget or eurozone finance minister all those things more or less died quietly because michael didn't really support it nevertheless they signed a new friendship treaty the follow up to the famous and easy treaty just a little over two weeks ago in and we were there it was very festive and they have written in that friendship treaty that they will consult on all you major decisions this would be major decisions it doesn't seem to work. ok max often with that assessment from brussels sprouts our political correspondent with the view from berlin thank you so much to both of you. there watching d.w. news still to come on the program the price of going public a former intern says that she is now considered dirty after accusing a chinese t.v.

star of sexual harassment but she's not giving up the fight. and why is hide the underlying truth about the characters of the kindness of strangers the few films of the pearl and olive films that. combat them are coming up but first a british newspaper reports the prime minister to resign may is preparing to agree to a new package of workers' rights after brags that the move would see the u.k. match the e.u. on certain provisions concerning workers and according to the sun may has proposed the changes to lawmakers in the opposition labor party in a bid to get her withdrawal deal passed through britain's parliament. her report of maneuvering in london comes after a trip to brussels where e.u. leaders stonewall to requests for any changes to the divorce deal. and he brags of demonstrators in brussels risk getting run over to relay their message to

the british prime minister as he headed for new talks with evaders but thursday brought no progress. in a you commission head john clarke repeated that he would not grant major request to renegotiate the withdrawal agreement as an e.u. commission spokesman explained. the work. needed to do more and. may says new negotiations are vital to prevent a hard border between the republic of ireland and e.u. member and northern ireland part of the u.k. the e.u. wants to keep close ties with belfast but london says that's unacceptable except for a limited time. the time remaining to reach some kind of agreement is limited to no matter says the german chancellor from photographers if today's time can be both long and short it depends how you look at us she proposes both teams meet once more

. i think we can find a solution without renegotiating the divorce deal. that was a rare piece of good news for the british prime minister brags that talks are due to continue to the end of the month. now france has recalled its ambassador to italy in protest of a series of verbal attacks by the italian government president summoned christian macit back to paris for consultations relations between italy and france have grown increasingly tense since may twenty eight hundred mostly because of disagreements over migration policy now at a news conference italy's interior minister retail salvini outlined his country's grievances while also insisting that italy would welcome talks. over the past two years on the french italian border the french government which thinks is so generous and hospitable sent back more than sixty thousand people including women and children some of them were abandoned in the woods at night to me that's not the behavior of

a civilized country also every day that he conducts inspections on trains carrying commuters from it's going to france wasting hours and hours of working times if that continues italian police will be forced to do the same to trains entering italy from france. starting now to jordan where women who work outside the home are the exception according to the world bank only about eighteen percent of people working in jordan last year were female but many women there kendo longer afford not to get paid work amid the country's economic crisis so women have been drawn to safe government jobs such as police work usually considered a man's job. she's in charge on the streets. has been a police officer for thirteen years every day she has to make sure traffic flows smoothly on the roads of the jordanian capital it's not easy and it's not the only challenge. the first social acceptance was low especially older men were

surprised by being pulled over by a young woman or even getting a ticket from one but now things are going better. than. hundred. women like her. come to the princess training institute for policewoman and to become law enforcement officers the training last six months there's also a theoretical part for example in traffic law or domestic security the trainees come from all over the country is that from conservative families it can take some getting used to. come on the soul but it was hard for me to be away from my family for two weeks for the first time in my whole life. it was really too long for me and i'm sick that i don't want that stuff on to allow to reveal how many policewomen are being trained here but there's great demand. in high should

all the applicant must possess jordanian citizenship she may not be younger than eighteen or older than twenty seven during the application period she must be single she may not be shorter than one meter sixty five centimeters and her weight must be in proportion to her height and the song to mr what i said mind wasn't seven percent of police officers in jordan a female which could grow to fifty percent in the future an ambitious goal. and moving on to a divisive issue for men and women in the workplace this time in china in what many are calling the country's need to moment a series of sexual assault and harassment accusations have become public one of the accused is a famous t.v. star in china who allegedly groped and in turn she is now being taken to court after writing about her experience online many see the case as

a test of whether china is ready to take up the fight against sexual harassment when i was young posted on china's social network wave or lost some of her accusation like a bomb show she said she had been sexually harassed four years ago by a famous t.v. anchor her post was quickly censored but it was already too late whose story had already been shared widely. a lot of women who were opposed to this article wrote that it reminded them of their own experiences. and i felt very sad but it was also moved. in twenty fourteen then a drama student had been intern in china's state broadcaster c.c.t.v. one day she was asked to come to the dressing room of popular show horse to do it is there she says he forcibly tried to kiss her and grope her she managed to escape . what then you're sure her family at first i didn't want anybody

to know i had been molested which i felt this was embarrassing humiliating. sure bash i also thought that if anybody knew about this story and none of the c.c.t.v. employees would take my side i thought they would stand with him and that was the attack of a trojan that gave her. the anchor has denied the accusations and filed a lawsuit against her he's demanding the will and the eighty five thousand euros for damaging his reputation joe shoshana's feeling the pressure. the shares sang the ones. i feel like a vessel that quickly fills up with all kinds of emotions. most of the time i'm so busy that i manage to keep it together. but sometimes you can't suppress these feelings anymore that's when i break down that

door has become a leading voice of china small but persistent me to movement many women have sought her advice she has offered to hope some of them with filing complaints at the police but she says what china really needs is an open discussion about the issue. so you know when it becomes known that a woman has been assaulted people will say she has been stained. even the media use this word the woman is considered dirty. in the eyes of the public women are supposed to be pure. and a woman who has been sexually harassed and is suddenly seen as a strange and sick person. being attacked as for a job. she's fighting back after the present to her for a different nation she's bringing her own case to court she's demanding

compensation for sexual harassment. now the curtain has lifted at the berlin international film festival also known as the berlin allah big names in german and international cinema were out for the gala opening this year's festival almost achieves gender parity with seven out of seventeen films in competition directed by women the opening film was the kindness of strangers it tell of homelessness and uncertainty in contemporary america. and nights to remember the full film fans with the red carpet as the place to be for the stars. the center of all the attention french also go window and tapped off this year's jury should you explain a. danish director luna shaft which brought an international cost to the red carpet celebrating the world premiere of the movie the kind it's all strange it's. lorna's chef a spin focuses on several characters who crossed paths in

a restaurant in new york. and they were anyone since for years now. all the characters have suffered life shattering experiences clara is escaping from an abusive hospital and mark just left prison. the movie tells their story as they try to rebuild their lives possible only with the help of strangers. i thought it would make since every day while we were working where the world seemed to be a tough place to be in to make a film that had light and hopefully leaves the innocence of. not just hope but also community. the kindness of strangers as long as shellfish stuck to it to movie to run in competition at the bill and finn face to visit where she's often

known to praise for her keen eye for character this. the sixty nine study not it kicks off with an unprecedented lineup of female directors known as shafiq shines a light on people that the margins a perfect fit for europe's most politically charged film festival the kindness of strangers is a curious makes off drama and comedy humor and sadness which doesn't quite seem to know which way it wants to go. from director alone to share fish it is no longer the boat the kindness of strangers but about winning over the family non-insured me . a quick reminder now of the top stories that we've been following for you here at g.w. the first trucks carrying manage hereon aid for venezuelans have arrived at the colombian border the military has erected barriers to prevent the food and medicine from entering the country president nicolas maduro denying there is a humanitarian crisis it says the shipments are part of the u.s. led to attempt. to get watching t.v.

news coming up next indeed of your business political friction versus cold hard economic reality we will look at the north stream to this time through the commercials labs and the future of german energy supply. and with that you're up to date on that more coming up with christoph kober i'm sara kelley in berlin thank you so much for watching have a great to. good .

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did become a world famous. on monday. to . start the jewelry on g.w. . pipeline predicament in a surprise move france expresses support of a change that you rules which are seen as a threat to a major gas pipeline project linking russia and germany also coming up virgin c o richard branson gears up for a summer trip to space head of us bank and germany's tech darling verses the financial times wire car considers a lawsuit against the paper our financial correspondent.