repeatedly. this is deja vu news live from berlin the standoff in venezuela aska legs and an interview with g w opposition leader of one vital calls on the military to allow humanitarian aid into the country otherwise he says as many as three hundred thousand people could die but a google says he won't but. also coming up in the dock the trial opens in madrid for twelve catalan separatist leaders who try to break away from spain if found guilty the politicians could face up to twenty five years and prison. the end of an

ordeal he was jailed in thailand and facing deportation to bahrain but now the refugee football or hockey malo arabia has made a triumphant return to australia. and a hollywood star christian bale praises the director of his latest film vice the for me as well the man around these are margin around beats me does it through comedy and then through that you actually get incredible emotion from it you know it's a very moving film. didn't you caught up with bale on the red carpet of the berlin film festival to deal also find out about how the actor transformed himself physically to be able to play the former american vice president dick cheney. terry with a country facing dire shortages of medicine and basic supplies more than one hundred tons of u.s. aid is still waiting in the colombian border city of coup to overthrow his

government. now in an interview with g w news opposition leader why they always called on the military to switch sides and put the people's needs first i would have to see him but it will always appeal 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 the room and whoever blocks us will be tried for human rights violations. be helping the people not the other way around. when of course i'm ira flatow but if we have to face the minute tray of course we will do that peacefully there are lots a look at some 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. it has been urging venezuela's armed forces to abandon maduro and let the supplies into the country but madero says that would be

a stepping stone to a u.s. led invasion and the military has so far been loyal to the president. mean that he will many more down there will throw thousands of men and women have shown their ability their training their physical and moral strength the strength that we need to tell the empire to get out of venezuela hands all venezuela young pm par the yankee go home but i think that you know you don't want. says he still has faith that the country's armed forces can be won over but he has not ruled out asking the u.s. to intervene militarily in venezuela if madeira refuses to step aside. in spain the trial is underway for twelve leaders of the catalan separatist movement their charge for their role in the two thousand and seventeen independence referendum that the spanish government in madrid said was illegal in some places

decades in prison as they're found guilty of rebellion the trial is expected to last three months with verdicts coming up several months later. let's bring in journalist jaime been asked as he is at the supreme court in madrid jaime good to see you there is huge interest in these proceedings there is being billed as spain's trial of the century is being broadcast on t.v. we see people there gathered behind you tell us what's been happening outside the courthouse. well i'm around one hundred meters away from the police has been people and demonstrations are all in the courts and do just what things have happened to me in the morning you can see this is still some supporters of the council and leaders. in the morning have been demonstrating we are asking for. all then to be released and protesting for the whole triad that they think is not

a fair trial we have also seen some people demonstrated and yellin id child and calling for some before puts them on to go to three shows and so on some a little bit of tension bad things are going quite quiet at the moment. now tell us more about this trial jaime who is in court there and what charges are they facing. well there's twelve political leaders of the moment at the hospital try and nine of them are accused of rebellion the deputy prime minister got a loan you know really didn't care as they got a lot of harlem and just speaker and cabinet member so who's the mon tulfo tried for rebellion they are so cute how do you know there's traitors movement you know there to defend. which ended up with a referendum and then he would not really declare ration of independence it is a harsh. account that they are facing rebellion the twenty five can be can

be sent and they can be sentenced to twenty five years immigration. but for example the. sorry state authorities told pushing for solutions we would be on the. sixteen years in freedom and this is what we have the moment today it was only time for all the lawyers to do some preliminary human patients some probably tomorrow or the day after tomorrow we will see in the. defendant's defiance trial i know you mention the name push them out that is of course carlos to jim on the leader of the separatist movement he is not on trial there in madrid he's here in berlin and explain what his role in all of this. exactly we've seen it we we've seen that was the money was going to germany

i think that because he was not. going to be the voice specially outside the face in europe that is going to show. what they independently movement want to do about the want to do up to trial they want to show the world broadly a state stated it's not a birthright democracy it's trialling i'm not a right. ok i'm even asked us we'll have to leave it there journalist time even asked reporting outside of the supreme court there in madrid thank you so much. now to some other stories making news around the world at least seventeen people have died in a fire at a hotel in india's capital delhi most were sleeping when the blaze broke out early on tuesday morning rescue team saved thirty five people from the building of the disaster is race questions about safety standards and

a lack of government regulation. anti-government 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 the protests are fueled by anger over corruption in the government's handling of the economy. rescue workers in the south african city of durban have pulled a newborn baby alive from a storm drain after passers by proved her prize an allergic emergency services it's believed she was in the drain for at least five hours doctors have held her baby survival as a miracle. refugee football or hockey team has arrived back in australia after being detained in thailand for more than three months al-arabiya was facing deportation to his native country bahrain on charges of vandalizing a police station which she denies he was freed after bahrain withdrew its extradition request al-arabiya received a hero's welcome at the airport. came

a rabies nightmare is finally over. on tuesday he made his emotional return to australia i. just i would be thankful for is there are you know amazing to see all the people here there are the big boys the media is the world to me and i just know what they think that they're eligible to be able. to 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 insupportable 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. a rabies release owes much to form a footballer craig foster who 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 our 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 the 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 d.w. news still to come in this half hour cow controversy how farmers in northern india are battling to prevent stray cows from destroying their crops. but first german economy minister peter altmire is holding talks with american

officials in berlin today. on the possibility of importing more natural gas from the u.s. ally and g.e. is the liquefied form of natural gas that once it's cool down to minus one hundred sixty degrees it has a much smaller volume making it easier to ship and to trade around the globe now the u.s. has long been the largest producer of natural gas but the country has only recently begun to break into the out and g. market still it is expanding quickly the experts say the u.s. could become of the third largest exporter in the world by two thousand and twenty after qatar and australia there the u.s. currently has three ports to load alan g. of the company are here operates two facilities in louisiana texas and dominion energy operates a facility out of maryland more than a dozen other terminals are currently under construction or planned a receiving terminals and germany are also being built and in forty other countries around the world so this is expanding now today's talks come amid heightened

tensions between the u.s. and e.u. on the issues of energy and to trade a germany is moving ahead with a controversial gas pipeline with russia which the u.s. strongly opposes saying it would give russia leverage against europe a washington is meanwhile pushing brussels for a new trade deal and it dangling car tariffs over europe carmakers then all of which makes american elegy sales an important topic for both sides. right let's talk about all of this with your jelinek from d.w. business year thanks for joining us ok why does germany want to import liquefied gas or germany will turn off all of its nuclear power plants and twenty twenty two and a few years later germany will also get rid of cool as a source of power that means we have to replace more than fifty percent of our energy needs that's an enormous cost and we need a reliable sources of power. that works when there's no electricity coming.

as you know there's no wind blowing. stable sources of energy that we need when it's dark outside and solar panels don't provide an actress city and the answer to that is yes so why get that gas from the u.s. and not from russia that's the cheaper option it certainly is the cheaper option but you know we have mutual interests on both sides of the atlantic. the head of the commission promised donald trump that we will import more american liquefied guess if he doesn't increase taxes on european goods such as cars cars made in germany so they have a mutual interest also you talked about russia the growing influence of russia when we get rid of nuclear power when we get rid of coal as sources of energy and we have when we need to import more gas and that means we would have to increase our. imports from russia that's something that donald trump for instance doesn't want he even says that germany is

a kept of of russia and he is right about that and we need to diversify our sources of energy right so important political considerations there it looks like the u.s. gains a lot from this certainly you know the u.s. is going to end very important market a market where there will be a vote of the major players in those world and of course they want to sell it to germany to europe in order to make a profit all right interesting stuff there your next from business thank you so much now in the u.s. have republicans and democrats appear to have reached an agreement over border security which will prevent another u.s. government shutdown the deal includes plans to finance new barriers along the us mexico border but it's only a fraction of the money that president trump wants to build as wall the agreement still needs to be approved by congress and signed by trump. draw. there was no escaping the message at this rally in el paso texas president or not

trump has promised to build a wall on the us mexico border and despite a political backlash he says it has still happened resetting the sage was setting the table we're doing whatever we have to do the walls being built it will continue it's going at a rapid pace. the rio grande up and go check about. what trump was on stage a tentative agreement was being thrashed out in washington the deal between republicans and democrats will fund fifty five miles of new fencing in the rio grande valley to prevent migrants crossing over from mexico but it is far less than trump wanted and has been agreed only to avoid another government shutdown this is really a difficult one because the issue is so important and we all said that we did not

want to shut down the government we want to reach agreement. back in el paso one trump was delighting his people across the street a protest rally was being staged. only. former democratic congressman betterer rule is not only against trump school but he's also a potential rival in next year's u.s. presidential election. we stand for america and we stand against. the wall continues to divide the u.s. it looks set to play an even more prominent role in the twenty twenty election. nato secretary general against altenburg has warned against a new nuclear arms race after a cold war era pact between russia and the us collapsed earlier this month stoltenberg urged russia to comply with the i n f treaty which bans the development and possession of intermediate range nuclear

missiles the us put the deal after blaming russia for not sticking to its obligations and moscow followed suit the i.m.f. is that topping the agenda for a meeting of nato defense ministers in brussels this week ahead of the munich security conference. farmers in northern india are struggling because a stray cattle are running amok and destroying their crops it's estimated there are around five million stray cows in india and that is blamed on tough new laws to protect cows which are considered sacred by some hindus but other laws doing more harm than good are correspondent sonja found the car went to the state of with our privilege to find out more. join her 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 brutal economy. street cause.

they're coming together cha tom says the animals have gobbled up his crops twice causing huge financial losses one day ago we saw those seeds in late on fertilizer the one the crops grow the cattle destroy it in the hard work of time and money goes down the drain of a business a big garden many farmers have been forced to patrol the fields and trees the way the animals with little success. i chased the cattle off my field but the neighboring farmer will do the same and they'll come back here i'll run after them again if this goes on all day every ten minutes. others are trying to keep a constant vigil over their crops sure they've because god says wheat fields from st 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 to you 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. 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 culling 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 that mean that villagers can no longer sell the old unproductive because for me to offer heights villagers here say many farmers are forced to abandon their leading

to a spike in the straight path of population. the government has pledged funds for districts to deal with the problem and set up temporary shelters to take in strays. but the facilities like this one in the nearby town of guard very ill equipped. there's little hope of things she's doing nothing. that doesn't surprise political scientists g twenty he says protection is largely a symbolic issue for the hindu nationalists who call protection movement historically has been about the protection of the call as a symbolic figure and need an embodiment or an incarnation of the know both the mother and the nation here it's never about sound cattle economics policy so it's not so much about protecting the cow 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 will keep stray calls out at least until the harvest next month. and football news former england goalkeeper and world cup winner gordon banks has passed away at the age of eighty one banks played a key role as england claimed its only ever world cup trophy defeat in west germany four two in the final he also appeared at the one nine hundred seventy world cup where he made a save against brazilian striker pele that many consider to be the greatest of all time. now the knockout stage of europe's top football tournament the champions league gets underway this week with three pulis league clubs still left in the competition meanwhile english side manchester united still have a shot at the continent's biggest prize they face french champs paris on her mind tonight and the first leg of their round of sixteen time coach all are going to so scare won the champions league with united as

a player back in ninety nine and he's confident that his current team is picking out the right time were given us the best possible opportunity on the way we've gone into this game because we're confident we've found. what kind of found out what team we have we're looking looking like it seem if there was ever a chance or any time to to go into big games like this it's no it's ok now to the berlin international film festival currently underway here in the german capital our correspondent charlotte shelf impel went to see vice a biopic about former u.s. vice president dick cheney starring british actor christian bale as she explains it's a film that makes you laugh but also cry. if it be. half true wants to be and you have fears that vice is more than just a biopic 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 on the show true are

british. i want you to be my v.p. vice it's also proves that from the shadows of the george w. bush administration cheney was one of the most medicine figures in recent history willing powell without conscience on everything from the iraq war to global warming bush approval. for stanek organism with amy adams as his ambitious wife lynne. you know we're going to bomb commodious and steve carell as political ally donald rumsfeld satirical and at times upset as device will have between loft 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 passed us there and you guys can see it it's a very intriguing belly back so that's the biggest challenge i've seen in their

seventy's so i think. box humor aside 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 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 the funny is what the man around these are smartest man around he does it through comedy and then through that you actually get incredible emotion from it you know it's a very moving field 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 auntie's that his actions are still working around the world today you know it's the old cliche you know it unless you know history will repeat itself so hopefully it will have the facts 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 and. our top story here on the trial opens in madrid of twelve leaders of catalonia failed bid for independence in two thousand and seventeen effaced charges including the valiant and sedition. you're watching news coming up next kicked off with a bow. honestly the highlights of match day twenty one that's coming up in just a few minutes. the model.

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