this is d.w. news live from berlin the standoff at the venezuelan border intensifies opposition leader one white dove valves to end a blockade of aid supplies soldiers loyal to president the duros meanwhile remain firmly at the bridge marking the border with colombia withdrawal has vowed not to let it what he called fake humanitarian aid from the united states also coming up the u.s. is confident that real progress can be made with north korea as president donald

trump prepares for his second meeting with kim jong il and he predicts the country will become a great economic powerhouse. and a dramatic reversal in type politics princes who boehner odds candidacy for prime minister is withdrawn their party says it will obey the king's order declaring her political involvement in appropriate we'll have the latest from bangkok. thanks for joining us i'm mary in a stain. venezuelan opposition leader and self declared interim president says a team of volunteers will be sent next week to bring in aid which is currently held up at the border with colombia president nicolas maduro meanwhile said that venezuela is not a nation of beggars and blames washington for the country's ongoing humanitarian

crisis. in venezuela medicine electricity and food are all in short supply. at this market hyperinflation means that even vegetables are barely affordable. as people struggle to put food on the table trucks carrying humanitarian aid arrive at the venezuelan border. anxious citizens wait in hope for food and medical supplies to be let through. when i saw the trucks with aid arriving i felt very emotional i felt deeply nostalgic i couldn't help but scream and cry where. i call on venezuela's armed forces to be on the side of the people. and allow this aid to get to where it's needed in the banking yeah. but the gates are closed.

and closely guarded by venezuela's military under the orders of nicolas maduro. in the capital caracas the embattled president denied a humanitarian crisis exists and said the shipments are part of a u.s. led cooler tempt me minister not venezuela won't allow the spectacle of fake humanitarian aid because we're no one's beggars it's not simple he also lashed out at european and latin american ministers who at an earlier meeting in your ago i called from the door to hold free and fair elections. meanwhile thousands of desperate venezuelans continue to stream across the border to colombia hoping to access the aid arriving there. let's get you up to speed now on some of the other stories making news around the world. the white house has missed a deadline to report to congress on the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi

at the saudi consulate in to istanbul last october republican and democratic lawmakers have given the administration until friday to present findings on who was responsible and officials says president trump did not feel the need to submit a report. supporters of nigerian president mohammad to bihari have been gathering for a rally in law goes ahead of next week's elections hari's running for a second term and will address the event this afternoon a rally of his main challenger had to be cancelled when the government said it could not use the plunge venue. the greek parliament has approved a measure for macedonia to join nato after the two states resolved a decades old name dispute last month lawmakers in athens indorsed an agreement with macedonia changing its name to north macedonia. now u.s. president has announced he'll be meeting north korean leader kim jong un for

a second summit in hanoi vietnam the washington special envoy for north korea cautioned there was still work to be done ahead of the talks scheduled for the end of the month this comes just days after a u.n. report found that yanks nuclear program remains intact. it's the seventy first anniversary of the korean people zomi and something to celebrate for north korea's leader kim jong il and while the u.s. was buzzing with anticipation about the forthcoming summit he was saying nothing to go to washington june you're. going to do. in washington president trump was convinced the great times lay ahead from north korea if the summit is a success it will become a great economic powerhouse he tweeted it will become a different kind of rocket an economic one. trump believes there are grounds for optimism returning from pyongyang is envoy doing the groundwork for the summit met south korea's foreign minister and said talks with the north had been productive

but he added a note of caution president is very much looking forward to taking the next steps we have smart work to do with the d.p. r. k. between now and then. and i'm confident that if both sides stay committed we can make real progress or is. he going to stall to her discussed specific it is all moment steps that north korea could promise of the vietnam summit and what corresponding measures the united states would be willing to take that would be in advance of the first summit where kim jong un pledged to work towards the complete denuclearize ation of the korean peninsula but did not provide a clear timetable. to thailand now which has seen a rollercoaster of twenty four hours the political party that nominated the king sister for prime minister has suspended her candidacy obeying an order from the king when raj shocked the country on friday when she announced she would be running for a populist party of oil to oust the ex premier taksim shinawatra one rod had defended

her decision to stand saying she had relinquished her royal titles when she married a foreigner in one nine hundred seventy two. and for that we're joined on the line by the boston heartache who is in the thai capital bangkok hello to bust and so is there now any chance of the princes could still run perhaps as an independent. but i think it's. a question i think it's important to understand the. position of the modern city in this country the motorcade route to shoot at and highly would be and that is highly respected. in thailand and it's been for a defacto untouchable and there are strict laws criminalizing any criticism of the monarchy and it's silly of the king now the king came out yesterday in a statement which was broadcast on all tied television stations last night. clearly saying that he thinks it's inappropriate for

a high ranking member of the royal family to get involved in politics and to go on for political office and now it having having seen that and i think it's completely inconceivable that anyone be it a party or be to person would stand up and and openly oppose the king on that not only because they would with prosecution but also because it would be the events especially extremely inappropriate in thai society to speak out against the king in that way and to the fi which should. know boston it's really been a rollercoaster twenty four hours we had first a surprise news that the king's sister is running and now the reaction of the king and then the announcement that she won't be running how are people in thailand taking all of this. well look as you said this all happened in a very short period of time just within twenty four hours and people haven't really had a lot of time to take all of this in and to figure out what they're going to make

of it and i think the candidates the princes would have been would have been a popularity for the military campaign because you have to understand the military here as this huge advantage over the other parties in this upcoming election that is because of the constitution the way that is the way that is written and also the electoral laws and the electoral system and also when you look at campaigning for example. the good political parties have only been allowed to campaign for a few weeks now in the run up to this election whereas the military government as the tool in the country for months remoting their policy and handing out to the population so this would have never the playing field to a certain degree now we're going after it and see how that plays out because of course there are people in thailand who were really excited about the prince's. going into the political arena and running for office but there were others as well that it completely inappropriate to a member of the royal family and the world family shouldn't get involved in

politics so we're going to have to wait and see obvious ways out of this is going to if it is going to be beneficial for the anti government for the anti-military camp or it's going to be a backlash. and hartigan bangkok many thanks indeed brazil is in mourning after ten people died in a fire at one of the country's most popular professional soccer clubs the blaze broke out before dawn on friday at a training facility at the flamingo club officials say some of the victims were teenagers from the flamingo youth team who were sleeping in the center dormitory. this is where the teenage football players lost their lives. on the training grounds of one of brazil's most popular clubs flamingo. the blaze started while the boys slept in their dormitory. only thirteen managed to get out alive.

will look out for the call from that time each. night the place was completely engulfed in flames and sit down oh yeah we tried our hardest to get to the victims . but all we found were dead bodies no forty has allowed you to use it for you so i want to ask for investigators are looking into reports that the blaze started when an air conditioning unit caught fire there are also questions over the building itself officials say the club had not been authorized to build the dormitory for relatives it's a tragedy that should never have happened. if it would i thought it was and so one looking after these boy. was i mean. there was a fire and they died but this could have been avoided if. no one was maintaining this building everything if there was locking don't you know it was a lot of. fans and relatives are in shock

supporters of the club turned out to pay their respects to the young boys that died whose dream it was to play football. time now for the latest from the berlin international film festival also known as the berlin nala day to showcase veteran director for film the grace of god which depicts francis biggest church abuse case and his attempt at cover up the film itself has also been caught up in the scandal the priest accused of molesting more than seventy boys is now trying to block the film's release in france. it was a rather quiet night on the red carpet with the premiere of the movie taking it to ticket a show. they claim french director from swat was on tells to story of several men who were abused by a catholic priest when they were kids. long repressed memories awakened

when they find out at the same priest is still in charge. you got connected to this awful. moment. ok defense and the call them because you keep the faith in this based on the real case of father. and the french priest who is currently facing charges of sex really assaulting around seventy bought. direct office while was also as he wanted to break the silence about the alleged crimes in preparation for his film he spoke extensively with the victims. i stuck closely to their stories but to protect their families i took some liberties with the details which were much more disturbing than in the film. they do put is you don't wash and i don't have in the movie ass in real life the victims fight for justice and against father play in our superior whom they accuse of covering up the alleged abuse.

was close wallows on his cast are celebrating the world premiere of their movie here in berlin lawyers representing the real priest want the movie banned from cinema screens in france the movie they say portrays the priest as guilty but the courts have yet to decide that. small swallows all says he's aim is to give the victims a voice now he and his cast must wait to see if their fin will win over the barely knowledge. you're watching news. from berlin don't forget you can always get the w. news on the go with our app get access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications on your phone for and you breaking news you can also use the app to send us your photos and videos just download the app from google play or from the app store. stay tuned for reporters that's coming up

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