not. to. start a t. d. w. . business do w. news live from berlin the standoff at the venezuelan border intensifies opposition leader one baidoa warns that blocking much needed aid could constitute crimes against humanity the soldiers loyal to president nicolas maduro the main firmly at the bridge marking the border with colombia but girl has vowed not to let anyone he

called fake humanitarian aid from the united states also coming up. tens of thousands gather and lagos in support of nigeria's president mohamed to hari is the last major campaign rally ahead of next week's elections tell the correspondence has the lowdown on the issues most inviting nigerians. to and a year ago today the twenty teams winter olympics were getting started in shop we take a look at the legacy of the cadence and are they worth it. i'm nickel frolick welcome to the show. when as well an opposition leader and self declared interim president has urged nicolas maduro to break the blockade on the border with colombia and bring in aid supplies that have been stuck there for days

warned there could be consequences of the much needed food and medicine is not led . to the moment is now the majority of governments doesn't like to talk about their crimes against humanity by directly or indirectly killing two hundred fifty to three hundred thousand venezuelans who today need this humanitarian aid and as well and president nicolas maduro meanwhile has said venezuela is not a nation of beggars and blamed 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. 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. me minister not venezuela won't allow the spectacle of fake humanitarian aid because we're no one's beggars it's that simple. he also lashed

out at european and latin american ministers who to nearly a meeting in your ago i called from a dude who 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. and lagos nigeria supporters of the president have gathered for a rally in the run up to next week's elections the all progressives congress party hopes to see president mohamed hari reluctant to a second term today the president is addressing the crowd and next saturday's election the country will also vote for a new parliament. t w correspondent oddly and creation is at the election campaign event in lagos and joins us now for the latest adrian tell us what's going on where you are. right now at the stadium here in lagos and it is

the hardest time often the campaigning season here and i do you know one week to go until the elections will take place and today president obama knew how he came here to lagos to the economic capital to do the biggest city in nigeria which is of course a very crucial city because more than five million voters are registered. what can you tell us about the candidates and their supporters. so generally there's about seventy of the presidential candidates for this elections but it's going to be a neck and neck race between the two of them number one how much of what how are you the current president who is in lagos today at number two our. main contest or let's bring in one of the supporters of one of the our we maybe now toby and ask him right away why is he actually supporting the president why are you going to vote for. special whole talk about it mark see if you see.

a good for the party because a lot of dance again for the party right what the plans you had what you're going to the past four years. of the party he's also want to i admire and i'll have my kind of leader of the party hard. for me to show that's my job agree to a future with a lot of our very own individual a man of integrity is he doesn't take any nonsense. you somebody that's make sure that. you would know now if you were here for you. for the wife for his talk show and very strict. and also has gripped my for the country which you have got three and four more years to put the event with would you if that was the frost you have gotten more. than we got when we got the roads ok you can you can.

tell. your security we have to leave it here thanks a lot i mean you can hear toby is a dad morris supporter he clearly emphasizes on the progress that according to him has made but on the other hand we also have to say that there's a lot of critical people here in lagos as well obviously not in the stadium today but if you go outside and you talk to ordinary negotiations many will be also very critical about president hu hari yes they might talk positive about his article russian fight but when it comes to the economy there's a lot of criticism here in nigeria the economy has been going through a really really bad crisis and it's his of course a lot of the ordinary people here in lagos and they say it hasn't reacted adequately in fixing the economy challenges that many of them might vote for but got to call his main contester he was the vice president before but he was also a successful businessman and many believe he has the better capacity to strengthen the economy and i do. that's w. correspondent adrian creech thank you very much. now to some of the other

stories making news around the world. at least one person is severely injured after clashes broke out between police and yellow bus protesters in paris a witness told the a.f.p. news agency that a man lost his hand after police use a stun grenade to disperse protesters as the thirteenth consecutive weekend a feel of us demonstrations. the white house has missed a deadline to report to congress on the killing of saudi journalist jamal shoji at the saudi consulate in istanbul law. stopped over republican and democratic lawmakers had 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. a canadian man who gunned down six members of a quebec city mosque in two thousand and seventeen has been sentenced to life in prison the judge said al example

a bizarre nagell would be eligible for parole after serving forty years behind bars prime minister justin trudeau denounced the shooting as a terrorist attack last week he joined a u.s. envoy for north korea has expressed confidence real progress can be made at a summit later this month between donald trump and kim jong il but special envoy stephen bagan also cautioned there was still work to be done ahead of the talks trump has said the second meeting between the two leaders will be held in the vietnamese capital and. 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 unsure would you want to do or in washington president trump was convinced the great times lay ahead for 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. truck 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 and we have some hard work to do with the d.p. r. k. tweener. and i'm confident that if both sides stay committed we can make real progress here. the good news thoughts are discussed specific to solve them in 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. in the bundesliga is friday night game by reliever cozen

continued their fine league form under a new coach photo bosh scoring four goals and a blistering first house as they humbled months when del started their route after just five minutes stabbing home and these evil. minds dressed in a festive carnival jersey drew level four minutes later through robin kweisi on. but i haven't seen you have done put laver who isn't three on top of four count em bet up we got a fourth before time and got a second goal in the sixty fourth minute to seal a five one away. just a one year after the world's best skiers and skaters gathered in south korea to compete for a limp dick gold many of the venues stand empty with arguments mounting over their upkeep the country built six sports centers and a ceremonial stadium for the twenty eighteen went to olympics and renovated six existing facilities at an eye watering cost of eight hundred million dollars. super

wrong and bad to be the cute mascots are still here so to the scenic mountain side in artificial snow everything's the same in pyongyang what's new are the disappointments concerns with tourism if a structure and finance for real estate agent show chilled business has plummeted he's lost three million euros. who. are expectations were high there were a lot of positive developments for the olympic games but in the end that's just nothing here that attracts tourism but to whom the signal the winter olympics were a flash in the pan soul thought the market would be booming after the event so he bought some land but then no one came the result too many hotels falling prices in fire sales the property is now barren again south korea's government gambled on the

future to spending eight hundred million dollars on facilities the bobsled in lieu drugs aren't being used nor the downhill skiing slope well the high speed rail way station attracts heart of the any passengers local gov choice moonstone blames the government in seoul but he also blames himself. really for the olympic games you need a concrete plan about what will happen to the facilities after the games it didn't work out for us we focus too much on the implementation phase. chang applied for the games three times so they had enough time but there's no plan for this speed skating rink or the hockey center south korea doesn't even have a pro hockey league in taxpayers are paying eighty thousand euros a month for the electricity bills. but i'm going to hope all the sports facilities will continue to operate and that many people can use them if that happens then i'd

be happy as the person unshod shia to. but even keeping the lights on proved difficult. claims that all the apartments have been sold in peeling chuang flatter to deceive there's not a single light in sight only darkness. one of the world's most iconic aircraft is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of its maiden flight the boeing seven hundred seven nicknamed the jumbo jet took off for the first time on february ninth one thousand nine hundred sixty nine in the us state of washington it was the first wide body plane to be built and it held the record for carrying the most passengers until the twenty first century the seven for seven series was originally to be phased out after four hundred planes were sold half a century later more than one thousand five hundred taken to the sky. coming

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