this is news coming to you live from berlin the standoff in venezuela hard to see in an interview with opposition leader. with opposition leader appeals to the military to allow humanitarian aid into the country otherwise he says as many as three hundred thousand people could die. he will know but also coming up. a flight to freedom for football or hockey. after rain drops its extradition request. and how to find

a job in gaza. in the palestinian territory is one of the highest in the world we speak to young people determined to make the best of the situation. hollywood star christian bale praises the director of his latest film. the. smartest man around means he doesn't through comedy by name through that you actually get incredible emotion from you know it's a very moving film. caught up with bale on the red carpet. also. the actor transformed himself physically to be able to play the american vice president dick cheney. oh i'm terry marty. welcome to the program venezuela's opposition is renewing its

push to bring in badly needed humanitarian aid from neighboring countries in defiance of the government and military with the country facing dire shortage is of medicine and basic supplies more than one hundred tons of u.s. aid still waiting in the colombian border city of. embattled president nicolas maduro has ordered the military to block the supplies from entering but us well it is called the aid a trojan horse and part of a u.s. plot to overthrow his government in an interview with g w news called on the military to switch sides and put the people's needs first i would have to see impotent old was appealed to the conscience of the armed forces to pick the constitutional side we've been very clear to the armed forces that they have to allow the humanitarian aid to enter into or blocks of will be tried for human rights violations. but meanwhile the standoff over aid continues and people

continue leaving the country did obvious philippe i know has been speaking with some venezuelan migrants who made it across the border to colombia. why don't says the military blockade of this border bridge is a crime against humanity with the border sealed foreign aid including desperately needed food medicine and basic supplies have been piling up across the border in the colombian city of kuta now quite a once venezuelans who fled the country to bring the aid back across the frontier thousands have volunteered to do so even if that means confronting venezuelan soldiers guarding the border and we have to talk to them because we are the people but we are unarmed and without weapons we can't do anything we have to talk to the military but it's the military that should be helping the people not the other way around. i'm ira flatow but if we have to face the minute tray of course we will but

peacefully there are lots of people that do need this medicine i'm healthy i can manage to get something to eat but children and the elderly cons remember nonzero no. they don't that's a lot of the military is always persecuting people instead of helping they just fire on ordinary citizens the government orders them to fire to kill people it shouldn't be that way. though has been urging venezuela's military to abandon model and let the supplies into the country but the armed forces have been demonstrating loyalty to the president in a series of military drills. montero says allowing the aid to enter would be the start of a u.s. led invasion. really real many more of them there were thousands of men and women have shown that. that training their physical and moral strength. for trial is somewhat out of this strength that we need to tell the empire to get out of and it's way into. the hands of as well

a. yankee go home. quite zero says he still has faith that the country's armed forces can be won over but he hasn't ruled out authorizing the u.s. to intervene militarily in venezuela if model refuses to step aside. we're joined now in the studio by ophelia harms a routine from our lesson american desk just returned from colombia tell us the majority government is blocking delivery of aid from colombia it's piled up there at the border what is the government's justification for blocking that aid well my dear oh says this is a power show from the opposition a show that is backed by u.s. powers powers that he things are interested in the oil reserves of his country and he also keeps denying the humanitarian crisis that is becoming evident has been

been becoming evident for years he has been denying it for years but now we see two point three million people fleeing the country and three hundred thousand in risk of death that is why this humanitarian help is becoming more. and more urgent that's what the u.s. and the opposition are saying now the opposition leader who is backed by a number of foreign governments including the united states and germany he's called for more protests ophelia just how likely is that that we will see a showdown at the border well why don't. put up a website he has said that one hundred thousand people are already volunteering to bring the help in and would also be volunteering to protest against a blockage he has also said that there will be more borders around venezuela where they will be bringing aid from international actors and we heard this from the new

ambassador to colombia from venezuela he said that probably roraima in brazil at the border to venezuela and also a caribbean island most probably will be centers where humanitarian help will be gathered and they will also ask people to help bring this aid in so if there was a showdown it will most probably be if the military tries to stop the people at the border so there's pressure building inside the country but also outside the country there's quite a bit of pressure at home which sway do foreign powers have in this crisis the united states russia and of course been a swimmer's of neighbors in the region all have interests in this conflict well yeah venezuela keeps being backed by russia and china who have big interests they have invested a lot in venezuela because they got a lot of oil from venezuela very cheap prices but at the same time it is surprising

how quickly. this reaction from the u.s. came this backing of why do and this help and so what some analysts say it's not only the interest in venezuela for the u.s. because of the oil in the crisis but also because they want to see more new a liberal conservative governments getting stronger in the region after colombia and brazil had elections last year really thank you so much show freely harms a routine from our less american desk. the soccer player hakim who was detained in thailand has now arrived in australia he was freed after bahrain where he was born withdrew its extradition request claimed asylum in australia in two thousand and fourteen saying he feared torture and even death if he was sent back to bahrain is arrested in thailand during his honeymoon sparked an

international outcry. a rabies nightmare is finally over. on tuesday he made his emotional returns was trailing. badly. i would defend. the missing to see all the people here there are to be avoided media is the world to me and i just know what they think that. the bahraini football is back in his adopted home after three long months spent in a toy jail he was arrested in november while on his honeymoon in bangkok on an interpol warrants for his arrest. in his native bahrain had been convicted of vandalizing a police station even though he was playing in a televised football match when the alleged offenses took place. al-arabiya is released much to form a footballer craig foster led a campaign to pressure the bahraini government i think what's occurred over the

last almost three months to fight incredibly hard for not just the young player who . virtually no one knew but a refugee who was under protection and who we felt that all of us needed to step forward and protect to see him back here on home soil to die speaks volumes about the character the values and the pride that we have as australians tolerate he fled bahrain on political grounds in twenty fourteen and was granted refugee status by australia his family feared extradition would result in his torture and possibly death at the hands of far range justice system. now back in australia he's safe from persecution. you're watching news still to come in this half hour how controversy how farmers in northern india are battling to prevent

strake from destroying their crops. first let's catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today you. as lawmakers have reached an agreement on border security republican and democratic negotiators agreed to build fifty five miles of fence along the border with mexico at a cost of around one point four billion dollars the funding deal falls short of president donald trump's demands but lawmakers hope the deal will be enough to avoid another government shutdown. antigovernment protests in haiti are growing increasingly violent demonstrators took to the streets of the capital port au prince for a fifth day on monday clashing with police and vandalizing shops protests are fueled by anger over corruption and the government's handling of the economy. that rescue workers in the south african city of durban have pulled a newborn baby from a storm drain alive after passers by heard her cries and alerted emergency services

it's believed she was in the drain for at least five hours doctors were amazed at the baby's survival. the palestinian territory of gaza has one of the highest youth unemployment rates in the world more than seventy percent of young people there are without work as tanya kramer has been talking to some young gazans determined to find a way of making money. it might not be his dream job but it's better than having no work at all. in his uncle's carpentry shop having a job in gaza is precious for a young person like him. then what the only economic situation today is tough but if you lose your job you won't find an alternative but i don't want to give a whole i'm almost. the twenty nine year old used to work for an ngo but lost his

job recently with ethan employment at seventy percent the law says the situation for the young is desperate. as some of the situation doesn't get better there won't be any future for young people in gaza and all of them will try to live. tight travel restrictions mean many of his generation have never been outside gaza . israel and egypt have sealed off the hamas controlled territory for more than twelve years. those restrictions have led to try to build a future in the virtual world. here the borders which have been closed for half her life don't matter she's trying to establish herself in online marketing. one at seventy some young people gave up after graduation they just hang their certificates on the wall other schiff used to accept this reality and keep trying to spite all the difficult circumstances we're now trying to invest in digital

media a lot robert says she won't give up despite her home being a place where conflict can erupt at any time that they see if you lose hope you lose life in gas no matter how hard life is the only thing we have is hope. for most young people in gaza crossing borders is not an option online or in real life hope may well remain the only thing they have to cling to for a long time to come. this week the third german african business summit is taking place in gun as capital accra it is part of an initiative called compact with africa its main focus is to improve conditions for domestic and foreign investors among those attending today's conference is german development minister got up earlier he toured a textile factory that started exporting to germany the w.'s khaled c. was there and filed this report. clothing manufactured in ghana and

destined for exports this factory in the capital are cried employ some fifteen hundred people it already felt that way i mean i should state this year for the first time to export to germany. the business exemplifies what's become a growing international interest in the possibilities of textile money factoring in africa. has great potential especially in the area of textile production. so the first few very important steps have been taken. the investment conditions are rice. the stable government and a growing economy have prompted great interest from european and german companies to forge new cooperations here. so to have the low wages employees here are paid a base salary of one hundred euros per month additional pay is based on their i push

as labor costs in more stoppage locations vies countries like ghana are attracting the attention of international investors for the country's youthful population it's a chance to get their foot in the door. this is very. very very important because we have. very high unemployment in this country. it's good but setting up shop in the country isn't always plain sailing business leaders lists high interest rates and difficulty accessing capital are some of the main stumbling blocks. children's society is aging and a new study by the bethel spawn foundation says foreign workers are the solution to the labor shortage is the independent think tank found that two hundred sixty thousand more people are needed each year just to keep the german economy going

currently germany expects one hundred fourteen thousand people to arrive from e.u. member states annually that's still leaves one hundred forty six thousand jobs that may need to be filled every year by workers from known countries well germany's parliament is the. bating it immigration law all designed to make it easier for people from outside the e.u. to work here the government has already agreed on a draft law allowing skilled workers to come to germany to look for work as long as they have appropriate qualifications can support themselves financially and can speak some german or it's been welcomed by businesses desperate for employees but the law still needs parliament's approving. a spring in our political correspondent hans von. first of all what's behind this apparent apparent demographic deficit in germany well it's the baby boomers basically that's the answer that's a that's the people that were born soon after the second world war and there was

a huge number of children that were born at that time sometime in the late fifty's and sixty's not only here in germany elsewhere in the world as well and these people are about to retire every single time and age in the next ten years or so about half of people in employment in germany will be retiring and the second factor of course is that in the years after that after the baby boom he has not as many children were born so they are match much fewer people sort of moving into the employment then they are moving out of employment it's this gap that needs to be filled ok so stagnant birth rate aging population got a problem now the study's authors says that this country urgently needs a comprehensive immigration law how soon can we expect to actually see that all passed when in fact lol was only approved by cabinet by the political parties late last year and it's going for its first reading in parliament only in march next month in other words it will take some time for this law in fact to come into force

but it can be expected by next year shell the best fun foundation which commissioned that study it says that germany's demographic problem can't be fixed with laws alone what else does it say is needed well basically. he has to change the way society welcomes people foreigners come into the country and live here and work here and so on germany is not a traditional immigration country at the moment and there is some resistance in society to receiving people from outside so that's one of the major factors that there has to be a greater willingness on the part of germany to actually take these people and and also offer such as. you know education for children language courses integration of people into german society it's a complex problem and very difficult solution hans ponce thank you so much from our political desk. and the berlin international film festival is currently under way

here in the german capital and d.-w. of course is on the scene our correspondent charlotte chelsea until caught a screening of vice of biting bile take a bow to former u.s. vice president dick cheney think if he. really wants to be in serious the vice is more than just a bio pic it's a full frontal attack back to christian bale says his inspiration for playing u.s. vice president dick cheney with satan and it shows in the show the truth. is. i want you to be my v.p. vice it's out to prove that from the shadows of the george w. bush administration cheney was one of the most menacing figures in recent history wielding power without conscience on everything from the iraq war to play booming bush approval. understanding we're going to do with amy adams as his ambitious wife elin. you know we're going to bomb commodious and steve

carell is political ally donald rumsfeld satirical and at times of saddest vice will have between laughter and hora we were tickled. and it was that absurdist humor that christian bale brought with him to palin at the film's german premiere so we'll just have sex with the belly but i have cast us there and you guys can see it it's a very intriguing belly but that's the biggest challenge of the scene in there so to hear your. thoughts humorous side bale was also asked a question about his enormous weight gain for this role and the impact on his body it streams out loud you're going to keep you're going to die soon if you keep doing this. vice was written and directed by the man behind the oscar winning docu drama the big short about the two thousand and seven financial crisis now adam mckay is back shining a light on one of the most significant periods of all time is the funniest by the

man around these are smart men around he does it through comedy and then through that you actually get incredible emotion from you know she's very moving for him at first glance an international audience could be forgiven for dismissing this film as being too entrenched in u.s. politics but they'd be wrong by surprise cheney to some of the darkest moments in recent history and passionately that his actions still work is shaping around the world today as the old cliche you know less you know history will repeat itself so hopefully it will have as fact in that way and vice is already making waves while it may not be in competition at the ballot nala has been nominated for eight oscars including best film director an actor. farmers in northern india are struggling because stray cattle are running amok and destroying their crops the surge in strake out sest made it around five million is blamed on tough new laws to protect cows which are considered sacred by some hinders but are the laws doing

more harm than good are india correspondents on your father went to the state pradesh to find out. is no stranger to the hardships of farming in india. but he's now confronting a new menace which has been causing havoc across the economy. street cause they see that they're coming to china tom says the animals have gobbled up as crops twice causing huge financial losses. so seeds and lay down fertilizer the one the crops grow the cattle destroy it in the hard work of time and money goes down the drain there's a big. many farmers have been forced to patrol the fields and change the way the animals with little success. i chase the cattle off my field but the

neighboring farmer will do the same and they'll come back here all run after them again if this goes on all day every ten minutes. others are trying to keep a constant vigil over the crops should they because god says wheat fields from straight from six thirty in the morning until dusk at night his younger brother takes over. their cattle come at night sometimes entire herds of them someone has to be here all night too with a stick and a torch. frustration is boiling over among farmers here recently they took matters into their own hands they rounded up around eighty stray cows and locked them up here in this public school to protect their fields only to have the police come and free them a few hours later. their position alone is estimated to have more than one million stray cattle two years ago the state's hindu nationalist government imposed quick

laws banning slaughter and killing to protect the cows many hindus consider holy but it's had the opposite effect. this is a big problem across the countryside here. tough restrictions on the cattle trade mean that villagers can no longer sell the old unproductive cause for me to offer hives villagers here say many farmers are forced to abandon their all cows leading to a spike in the stray cats of population. the government has pledged funds for districts to deal with the problem and set up temporary shelters to take in streets. but the facilities like this one in the nearby town of guard three ill equipped there's little hope of things changing. the government has built this shelter but you can see for yourself there's no one to maintain it every two weeks or so at least one count is here the government's doing nothing. that doesn't

surprise but it's good scientists. he says protection is largely a symbolic issue for the hindu nationalists who call protection movement historically has been a border protection of the call as a symbolic figure and need an embodiment or an incarnation of should know both the mother and the nation here it's never about sound cattle economics policy so it's not so much of what the ticking do call but it's a book killing it. as he's taking no more chances he's now secured in this field with. the prices of sword because of high demand. the hope is that this we keep straight out at least until the harvest next month. just a reminder of the top story we're following for you here today on the news that a swale an opposition leader on why don't calls on his supporters to return to the streets to try to force an end to the stand off to work

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